Re: Fancy widget

[Bob Caryl <bob fis-cal com>]

Foster, Gareth wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I am after creating a program that features some writing on a card. I'd like
> the writing to appear as hand writing on a white piece of card. Would also
> be nice to be able to flip the card over to see the result.
>
> So that is my image of what I'd want the thing to look like. I can create
> the impression of handwriting using some suitable font, that bit is easy
> enough. Any thoughts on the rest of the things mentioned there? Obviously
> getting that exact look would be quite difficult, but I thought maybe people
> might have ideas about getting a good approximation. If it turns out that
> getting that exact look is easy, then that would do as well of course!
>
> Thanks for any ideas/feedback.
>
> Gaz
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You might consider creating your card image(s) with Gimp and do your 
font rendering on top of it.  As for flipping it over, several images 
that could be displayed sequentially would essentially animate that for 
you.  In our POS application on the fueling screen we render special 
buttons that represent fuel dispensers.   We display images on the 
buttons to illustrate the operational state of the dispenser.  When a 
dispenser is calling, or if it has gone complete and needs payment, the 
image for those states are animated (motion catches the human more than 
anything else).  I created 16 frames for each of these animations and 
just display them in sequence.

Bob

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