After a long break, I finally found some time to write a new block. This NXT-G block allows writing text on the NXT’s display using different fonts than the system font. In this release, I included two fonts by Andreas Derier (to whom I owe the motivation for this block. without his new nxtRICeditV2 tool this block would not be written) - a small letters font and a large letters font. I also include one of my own - an upside-down font (useful if your robot has its NXT upside-down…). The block usage is self-explenatory, but just in case - it comes with detailed help which integrate into NXT-G environment when you import it.
As an example for using this block - here’s a screen capture of my NXT (using NeXTScreen):
I used the Display block to write on line 3, and the new font using the ‘Upside Down’ font on line 1 (note that for this font, you need to write your text right-to-left!):

In a few days I will post instructions on making new fonts. I will happily add contributed fonts to future releases of the block. Also, I learned a few new tricks on block building which I will share in the near future… Comments/questions are welcome!

Download the .zip package here

Guy Ziv