QFont usage in Simple Terminal

revanth

Hello,

This is Revanth,I am beginner in Qt. I have developed a simple terminal to display it on LCD using Qt. Now i want to make changes of text font bigger. How can i make change font sizes in my simple terminal code?

Could any one help me how to change the font sizes in Qt.

Thank you in advance

nologinma

If in your program you don't use the UI but only the console then you cannot increase the size of the character of the console by QT but using the option of the console.

In any case please can you share your code ?

revanth

Thank you for the reply.

Here i used console as serial terminal and also used 'ui' for serial terminal settings.

if possible could you please suggest me,can i use QFont in it to change the font size in it

here i'm providing console.cpp code

@#include "console.h"

#include <QScrollBar>

#include <QtCore/QDebug>

Console::Console(QWidget *parent)
: QPlainTextEdit(parent)
, localEchoEnabled(false)
{
document()->setMaximumBlockCount(100);
QPalette p = palette();
p.setColor(QPalette::Base, Qt::black);
p.setColor(QPalette::Text, Qt::green);
setPalette(p);

}

void Console::putData(const QByteArray &data)
{
insertPlainText(QString(data));

QScrollBar *bar = verticalScrollBar();
bar->setValue(bar->maximum());

}

void Console::setLocalEchoEnabled(bool set)
{
localEchoEnabled = set;
}

void Console::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e)
{
switch (e->key()) {
case Qt::Key_Backspace:
case Qt::Key_Left:
case Qt::Key_Right:
case Qt::Key_Up:
case Qt::Key_Down:
// skip processing
break;
default:
if (localEchoEnabled)
QPlainTextEdit::keyPressEvent(e);
emit getData(e->text().toLocal8Bit());
}
}

void Console::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *e)
{
Q_UNUSED(e)
setFocus();
}

void Console::mouseDoubleClickEvent(QMouseEvent *e)
{
Q_UNUSED(e)
}

void Console::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *e)
{
Q_UNUSED(e)
}
@

nologinma

if your want change the font of your QTextEdit you can use:

@Console::Console(QWidget *parent)
: QPlainTextEdit(parent)
, localEchoEnabled(false)
{
document()->setMaximumBlockCount(100);
QPalette p = palette();
p.setColor(QPalette::Base, Qt::black);
p.setColor(QPalette::Text, Qt::green);
setPalette(p);

QFont myFont("Times");
myFont.setBold(false);
myFont.setPointSize(24);

setFont(myFont);

}
@

don't forget:

@#include <QFont>@

revanth

i have modified the program as of your suggestion even though there is no change in font sizes.

Although i tried using setPixelSize(int), but no alter in character size.

Is there any other method to increase the font size in terminal?

Thank you.

SGaist

Hi,

IIRC, you need to use setCurrentCharFormat on your QPlainTextEdit for that.

Hope it helps

nologinma

Then, following the suggestion of SGaist, you have to use the following:

@Console::Console(QWidget *parent)
: QPlainTextEdit(parent)
, localEchoEnabled(false)
{
document()->setMaximumBlockCount(100);
QPalette p = palette();
p.setColor(QPalette::Base, Qt::black);
p.setColor(QPalette::Text, Qt::green);
setPalette(p);

QTextCharFormat ccf = currentCharFormat();
ccf .setFontPointSize(40);

setCurrentCharFormat(ccf);

}@

revanth

Thank you SGaist and nologinma for helping me,

i have tried whatever you suggested me but its not changing in the Console terminal. Where as i tried it in other widget there i observed the font changes. But I want in Console terminal, the characters are very tiny in LCD display. So, i want it to change the font size in it.

Could you suggest me in any other way possible to change the font character.