micropython-oled - gen.py missing

[PNZ20]

Hello dears,
has anyone ever used the micropython-oled modules?

I cannot manage to generate a custom font via the script to execute on the desktop.
https://micropython-oled.readthedocs.io ... ustom-font

I have installed

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pip3 install micropython-oled
pip3 install pygame

on my desktop as described, but the result that I get is:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 3, in <module>
  File "/lib/oled/fonts/gen.py", line 224
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

looks like I miss the gen.py
How can I solve this?
I aim to create a font to display Awesome Font icons on my oled.
Here there is the Cheatsheet: https://fontawesome.com/cheatsheet
Thanks

[pythoncoder]

Your starting point is to actually read and follow the instructions in the document you cite. Specifically, at the very start:

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import upip
upip.install("micropython-oled")

Then get his examples working first.

[PNZ20]

@pythoncoder thank you very much for your reply and for your help
I missed to say that I can complete with success all the examples in the Getting Started section.
So I installed successfully "micropython-oled" via upip, as you stated.

My problem is only in the generation of the font.py file.

Since I have your attention, can you please help me solving this trouble?
The gen.py file in that package creates a font.py file with this format:

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_FONT = {
48: [8, 65535, 65535, 65535, 65535, 61455, 62415, 53235, 53235, 53235, 53235, 53235, 53235, 62415, 61455, 65535, 65535, 65535],
49: [8, 65535, 65535, 65535, 65535, 62463, 61503, 61455, 62463, 62463, 62463, 62463, 62463, 62463, 62463, 65535, 65535, 65535],
50: [8, 65535, 65535, 65535, 65535, 61455, 53187, 53247, 53247, 62463, 64767, 65343, 65487, 65523, 49155, 65535, 65535, 65535],
51: [8, 65535, 65535, 65535, 65535, 61455, 53235, 53247, 53247, 61503, 50175, 53247, 53247, 50163, 61455, 65535, 65535, 65535],
52: [8, 65535, 65535, 65535, 65535, 62463, 61695, 62271, 62415, 62415, 62451, 62460, 49152, 62463, 62463, 65535, 65535, 65535],
53: [8, 65535, 65535, 65535, 65535, 49155, 65523, 65523, 64515, 62463, 53247, 53247, 53247, 50163, 61455, 65535, 65535, 65535],
...

This is ubuntu_15.py font.

For the icons, in the description of the package, there is another example:

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_FONT = {
    'battery-empty': [20, 1099511627775, 1099511627775, 1099511627775, 824633720832, 824633720832, 17179869168, 17179869168, 68719476720, 68719476720, 17179869168, 17179869168, 824633720832, 824633720832, 1099511627775],
}

This kind of file is very different from a font python file generated with another tool that I have found online
(micropython font to file https://github.com/peterhinch/micropython-font-to-py)
which is similar to this:

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# Code generated by font-to-py.py.
# Font: Courier Prime.ttf
version = '0.2'

def height():
    return 20

def max_width():
    return 14

def hmap():
    return True

def reverse():
    return False

def monospaced():
    return True

def min_ch():
    return 32

def max_ch():
    return 126

_font =\
b'\x0e\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x7c\x00\xfe\x00\xc7\x00\xc3\x00\x03\x00'\
b'\x07\x00\x1e\x00\x18\x00\x18\x00\x18\x00\x3c\x00\x3c\x00\x18\x00'\
b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0e\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'\
b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'\
b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'\
b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0e\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x60\x00\x60\x00\x60\x00'\
b'\x60\x00\x60\x00\x60\x00\x60\x00\x60\x00\x00\x00\x60\x00\xf0\x00'\
b'\xf0\x00\x60\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0e\x00'\
b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\xe6\x00\xe6\x00\x66\x00\x66\x00\x66\x00\x66\x00'\
b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'\
b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0e\x00\x00\x00\x03\x30\x02\x20'\
...

I am aiming to obtain a string like this:
48: [8, 65535, 65535, 65535, 65535, 61455, 62415, 53235, 53235, 53235, 53235, 53235, 53235, 62415, 61455, 65535, 65535, 65535],
which looks very different from this
b'\x0e\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x7c\x00\xfe\x00\xc7\x00\xc3\x00\x03\x00'\

I imagine that these are both two methods for draw pixels on the OLED but I cannot generate the first (via gen.py or anything else, since I don't know what to search for), and I cannot manage easily the second (I am not able to input a unicode character with the awesome font and to obtaining his font.py file), so I am stucked.

Every help is very appreciated.
Thank you very much