Cannot change font size

[matthjes]

Hi,

I'm trying to increase the font size for tiles (specifically: the bar chart tile). I'm using the TileBuilder and I call customFontEnabled(true) and customFont(Fonts.latoRegular(25.0)), but the font size does not change.

How can I change the font size for the text elements on tiles?

[HanSolo]

That is correct, the font size will be calculated automtically. You can just define a custom font.

[matthjes]

Argh, that's unfortunate. I'm working on a kind of visualization for a simulation that is shown on a touch screen device. Currently the font is too small to be usable.

Edit: Ah, I see, I get a bigger font if I increase the size of the tile. Maybe I can change my layout to include larger tiles.

[HanSolo]

I could also add custom font size but that could lead to terrible effects if the text is too long. The main problem is how to resize the font when resizing the tile if you use a custom font size.

[matthjes]

See the edit above, I can increase the tile size.

Letting the user change the font size as an option could be a good idea in some instances. For example, in my case the layout is fixed and I do not have to worry about resizing, so I could adjust the font size by hand.

[matthjes]

Though I don't like asking questions not related to the topic I also don't want to open a new issue: How can I add a unit the a bar chart item? I tried setting a format string ("%g kWh"), but this does nothing.

[HanSolo]

You are right, setting the formatString was not working correctly. Should work now...

[matthjes]

Could you please remove the System.out.println(formatString) call in your code? Or change it into a log output with debug level.

[HanSolo]

Ups...removed, thx for the hint :)