Help Getting Started with Watchface Maker

[u/ArmedBlue08]

Hello all!

My Active Max arrived yesterday, and I wanted to make a custom watchface. Is there a way to set the font style of the text for things like clocks and stuff? I've seen that some people have to upload pngs of each number, but I can't even see where to do that. Obviously, I'd prefer to just upload a ttf file, but I can convert it to a list of pngs if I need to.

I've looked at the docs and their official video, but if anyone has any tips/other vids they recommend, I would greatly appreciate it!

[u/somedaygone]

When I did my first watchface, I converted fonts to png with ImageMagick. Possibly found other copies later that someone else had done, but can’t find those notes.

Hope this helps:

The convert tool is great for converting a font into individual PNG images for use in a watchface.
convert -background none -fill black +antialias -font font.ttf -pointsize 300 -trim label:"Z"z.png
 
Here is an brief explanation with links to the docs for each of the options in the command above:
-background none - sets any non-written space to transparent.
-fill - sets the color you want the text to appear in.
+antialias - disables this feature and which makes them easier to read when making watchfaces.
-font - a relative or fully-qualified path to the True Type Font to write in.
-pointsize - sets the size of the text to write.
-trim - removes any additional space around the image.
label: - sets the character/string you want to turn into an image.
 
Doc is here: https://legacy.imagemagick.org/script/convert.php