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Help with analogue clock and fonts

Posted: 05 Jan 2025, 00:28
by piotarock
Hello good people,

I have successfully created a watchface but I have encountered a few challenges.

https://amazfitwatchfaces.com/balance/view/2803

First, the second hand seems not to be working. I do not know why. If you have come across this problem, please let me know.

Second challenge is creating digital images. The watchface editor v13 by sashacx75 has the option of including digital values from fonts (system or downloaded). However, when I tried to use this option, the text/numbers were not as neat and after certain font size, the bottom half disappeared. Therefore, I would like to know the best ways to create digital fonts/images because most of the watchfaces that I have unpacked have images used as digital numbers.

kind regards.

Re: Help with analogue clock and fonts

Posted: 05 Jan 2025, 03:06
by asoo
piotarock wrote: 05 Jan 2025, 00:28
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Hello good people,
I have successfully created a watchface but I have encountered a few challenges.
https://amazfitwatchfaces.com/balance/view/2803
First, the second hand seems not to be working. I do not know why. If you have come across this problem, please let me know.
Second challenge is creating digital images. The watchface editor v13 by sashacx75 has the option of including digital values from fonts (system or downloaded). However, when I tried to use this option, the text/numbers were not as neat and after certain font size, the bottom half disappeared. Therefore, I would like to know the best ways to create digital fonts/images because most of the watchfaces that I have unpacked have images used as digital numbers.
kind regards.
As far as I tested, the Analog seconds hand works normally.

For the font, if you will use the font, I recommend checking that it is a TTF font, not OTF or other similar formats. Normally, the font from "facer io" will be otf, but after download will be renamed to TTF for ease of operation. Therefore, you may need to convert it to real TTF to use it correctly. And the screen that uses TTF to create When the installation is complete, it is recommended to reset the watch again when the installation is complete.

Therefore, I do not like to use TTF to create the watch face.
I will create the desired text character from Font to image for use.

I will using this web to proceed
https://mmk.pw/en/font_extract/

Zephyr-SI.zip
(2.57 MiB) Downloaded 42 times
This is the file I unpacked for testing
- I checked analog seconds (as far as I tested , it works fine)

Re: Help with analogue clock and fonts

Posted: 05 Jan 2025, 05:17
by piotarock
Thank you very much for the feedback. One more question, how do you test your watchfaces before uploading them? I have tried the method by sashacX75 but I guess my android version limits this method. Is any other way?

Re: Help with analogue clock and fonts

Posted: 05 Jan 2025, 06:33
by asoo
piotarock wrote: 05 Jan 2025, 05:17
Thank you very much for the feedback. One more question, how do you test your watchfaces before uploading them? I have tried the method by sashacX75 but I guess my android version limits this method. Is any other way?
There are two zeppOS simulators that I use:

zeppplayer (but can simulate 90%)
There will be some functions and some elements that cannot be used.
And if those functions or elements are in the script, the emulator may not work or work incorrectly (suitable for simulating scripts that using zeppos 1.0 - 2.x)
https://mmk.pw/en/zepp_player/

zeus + simultor (official)
This simulates the work more accurately because it is the official simulator of zepp, but the installation method is more complicated than zeppplayer.
If you want to see more information, please visit
https://docs.zepp.com/docs/intro/
In the Tool section
PS. [ You must sign up to use it. ] https://watchface.zepp.com

For the "preview image part", I used the method of arranging the screenshot while the simulator was running using the program Screen2GIF.
https://www.screentogif.com/

Re: Help with analogue clock and fonts

Posted: 05 Jan 2025, 07:32
by piotarock
Thank you very much. I appreciate.