Gerber OMEGA CP, Reference Manual

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564 Chapter 50:
Designing and Building Your Own Fonts
To lock guidelines
In Composer, click Layout > Lock Guidelines to turn on the option.
Editing the Baseline
Connected fonts or double-byte fonts use the Baseline to define their width. You may edit the
Baseline to provide a consistent sizing of characters.
Note: The position and defined width of a character will effect the placement of the character
when entering text in Composer. For example, if the baseline encompasses too much white
space on either side of the character, Font Designer accepts that white space as part of the
character. When you access the font after processing, the characters will not be as close together
as they should be and may not join properly.
To edit the Baseline
1
In Composer, select the text to be aligned.
2
Click Edit > Change Baseline. A message box will appear asking, “Move left baseline
point?”
3
Click Yes. As illustrated below, a cursor will appear from the left vertex of the
baseline.
4
Move the cursor to the point on the workspace where you would like the left baseline
to begin and click to anchor the baseline. A message box will appear prompting you to
move the right baseline.
Note: The left baseline point will always be located at 0,0.
5
Click Yes to activate the baseline cursor.
6
Move the cursor to position the right baseline.
7
Click to anchor the baseline.
Tip: For more information on working with characters, refer to “Grouping, Moving, Justifying,
and Spacing.”