Android Question [solved] different font width at different devices^^

[MarkusR]

i have a sub that make a texture but the text width looks different if me compare a tablet with a phone.
why?
my goal is to have the same texture at all devices.
currently one device looks good and at the other the text is cut.
is there a way to use a static font in asset folder or something else?
or did i made a mistake?

Dim bmp As Bitmap
        bmp = TextToBitmap2(Description,13.0,Colors.White,256,256)

Public Sub TextToBitmap2(Texts As List,TextSize As Float, Color As Int, Width As Int,Height As Int) As Bitmap

    Private Bitmap1 As Bitmap
    Private Canvas1 As Canvas
 
    Dim DestRect As Rect
    DestRect.Initialize(0%x, 0%y, Width, Height)

    Bitmap1.InitializeMutable( Width,Height)
    Canvas1.Initialize2(Bitmap1)
    Canvas1.AntiAlias = True
    Canvas1.DrawColor(Color)
    Dim y As Float
    y = 3%y + TextSize
    For Each T As String In Texts
        Canvas1.DrawText(T,1%x,y,Typeface.DEFAULT,TextSize, Colors.Black ,"LEFT")
        y = y + TextSize + 5dip
      Next
 
    Return Canvas1.Bitmap
 
End Sub

tablet


phone

 

[DonManfred]

why you are not using DP?

 

[MarkusR]

DP = dip?
i used power of 2 texture size, i fear out of memory if me scale the texture size up.

 

[DonManfred]

TextToBitmap2(Description,13.0,Colors.White,256,256)

you are not using dip here. Don´t know if it makes a difference.

 

[MarkusR]

ok i need make some tests.
i found this interesting topic too.
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/get-size-of-system-font-in-use.28065/

 

[klaus]

For me, another problem is here:
y = 3%y + TextSize
You are using TextSize as if it were pixels.
TextSize is density independant.
Try this code:
y = 3%y + Canvas1.MeasureStringHeight("Mg", Typeface.DEFAULT, TextSize)

 

[MarkusR]

this Canvas1.MeasureString.. was very useful for width and height.
because texture memory i end up in resizing the font until one of the texts fit best in texture width.
its not a good solution to use a texture with texts, its better using a plane each char and make a 3d text of it.