Font Lab

Every font (built-in and pixel TTFs like Minecraft / VCR OSD), styles, fills and text animations.

At a glance

OutputLiveRendered by the engine and streamed over Bluetooth as its data changes (about 5–9 frames a second). Some options switch it to baked loop.

Settings14every one editable live in the studio, or by an agent with update_app_settings

Sourcefontlab.pysrc/deskdot/apps/fontlab.py

Settings
Setting	Type	Default	Options / range
Text`text`	text	PIXEL	up to 60 characters
Font`font`	choice	Built-in small (7px)	Built-in tiny (5px)Built-in small (7px)Built-in big digits (10px)MinecraftVCR OSD MONO 1.001
TTF size (px)`size`	whole number	12	6 – 32
Letter spacing`spacing`	whole number	1	-1 – 6
Uppercase`uppercase`	on/off	On	on / off
Style`style`	choice	Plain	PlainBoldOutlineShadowItalicDouble (2x)Neon glow
Align`align`	choice	Centre	LeftCentreRight
Vertical`valign`	choice	Middle	TopMiddleBottom
Colour`color`	colour	#ffffff	any colour (#rrggbb)
Second colour`color2`	colour	#ff00be	any colour (#rrggbb)
Fill`fill`	choice	Solid	SolidGradientRainbowStripesFire
Animation`animation`	choice	None	NoneScrollTypewriterWaveBounceFlickerPulse
Speed`speed`	number	1.0	0.2 – 4.0
Background`background`	colour	#000000	any colour (#rrggbb)

render a frame to PNG (no panel needed)

$ uv run deskdot preview fontlab --settings '{"font":"tiny"}' --out fontlab.png

show it on your panel (engine running)

$ curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8765/api/apps/fontlab/activate

Or ask your agent: “Show Font Lab on my panel”. It calls show_app with "fontlab". New here? Set up DeskDot first.

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