add docs for load font from url (#3261)

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@ -7,11 +7,14 @@ Font Renderer Component
:description: Instructions for setting up fonts in ESPHome.
:image: format-font.svg
ESPHome's graphical rendering engine also has a powerful font drawer which integrates seamlessly into the system. You have the option to use **any** OpenType/TrueType (``.ttf``, ``.otf``, ``.woff``) font file at **any** size, as well as fixed-size `PCF <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Compiled_Format>`_ and `BDF <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyph_Bitmap_Distribution_Format>`_ bitmap fonts.
ESPHome's graphical rendering engine also has a powerful font drawer which integrates seamlessly into the system. You have the option to use **any** OpenType/TrueType (``.ttf``, ``.otf``, ``.woff``) font file at **any** size, as well as fixed-size `PCF <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Compiled_Format>`_ and `BDF <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyph_Bitmap_Distribution_Format>`_ bitmap fonts.
These fonts can be used in ESPHome's :ref:`own rendering engine <display-engine>`.
To use fonts you first have to define a font object in your ESPHome configuration file. Just grab a ``.ttf``, ``.otf``, ``.woff``, ``.pcf``, or ``.bdf`` file from somewhere on the internet and place it, for example, inside a ``fonts`` folder next to your configuration file.
To use fonts you can either
- Just grab a ``.ttf``, ``.otf``, ``.woff``, ``.pcf``, or ``.bdf`` file from somewhere on the internet and place it, for example, inside a ``fonts`` folder next to your configuration file.
- Use the ``gfonts://`` short form to use Google Fonts directly.
- Load a font from a URL directly on build.
Next, create a ``font:`` section in your configuration:
@ -68,6 +71,15 @@ Next, create a ``font:`` section in your configuration:
"\U000F05D4", # mdi-airplane-landing
]
- file: "https://github.com/IdreesInc/Monocraft/releases/download/v3.0/Monocraft.ttf"
id: web_font
size: 20
- file:
url: "https://github.com/IdreesInc/Monocraft/releases/download/v3.0/Monocraft.ttf"
type: web
id: web_font2
size: 24
display:
# ...
@ -77,7 +89,7 @@ Configuration variables:
- **file** (**Required**, string): The path (relative to where the .yaml file is) of the font
file. You can also use the ``gfonts://`` short form to use Google Fonts, or use the below structure:
- **type** (**Required**, string): Can be ``local`` or ``gfonts``.
- **type** (**Required**, string): Can be ``local``, ``gfonts`` or ``web``.
**Local Fonts**:
@ -101,6 +113,10 @@ Configuration variables:
- **extra-bold**: 800
- **black**: 900
**Web Fonts**:
- **url** (**Required**, string): The URL of the TrueType or bitmap font file.
- **id** (**Required**, :ref:`config-id`): The ID with which you will be able to reference the font later
in your display code.
- **size** (*Optional*, int): The size of the font in pt (not pixel!).
@ -117,14 +133,14 @@ Configuration variables:
.. note::
OpenType/TrueType font files offer icons at codepoints far from what's reachable on a standard keyboard, for these it's needed
to specify the unicode codepoint of the glyph as a hex address escaped with ``\u`` or ``\U``.
- Code points up to ``0xFFFF`` are encoded like ``\uE6E8``. Lowercase ``\u`` and exactly 4 hexadecimal digits.
OpenType/TrueType font files offer icons at codepoints far from what's reachable on a standard keyboard, for these it's needed
to specify the unicode codepoint of the glyph as a hex address escaped with ``\u`` or ``\U``.
- Code points up to ``0xFFFF`` are encoded like ``\uE6E8``. Lowercase ``\u`` and exactly 4 hexadecimal digits.
- Code points above ``0xFFFF`` are encoded like ``\U0001F5E9``. Capital ``\U`` and exactly 8 hexadecimal digits.
The ``extras`` section only supports OpenType/TrueType files, ``size`` and ``bpp`` will be the same as the above level. This will allow printing icons alongside the characters in the same string, like ``I \uF004 You \uF001``.
The ``extras`` section only supports OpenType/TrueType files, ``size`` and ``bpp`` will be the same as the above level. This will allow printing icons alongside the characters in the same string, like ``I \uF004 You \uF001``.
Many font sizes with multiple glyphs at high bit depths will increase the binary size considerably. Make your choices carefully.
@ -142,4 +158,3 @@ See Also
- `MDI cheatsheet <https://pictogrammers.com/library/mdi/>`_
- `MDI font repository <https://github.com/Pictogrammers/pictogrammers.github.io/tree/main/%40mdi/font/>`_
- :ghedit:`Edit`