Gerber OMEGA CP, Reference Manual

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566 Chapter 50:
Designing and Building Your Own Fonts
To use Absolute Size to scale characters
1
Select the character including any non-connected parts such as the inner shape of a
lower case e.
2
Click Shape > Absolute Size to open the Absolute Size dialog box.
3
Turn on Uniform to size the character proportionally in Size Type.
4
Choose the location in the Size From group box.
5
Enter the letter height in the Height box. The length will be automatically updated.
6
Click OK. The character will be resized on the OMEGA work space.
Positioning characters
When positioning characters, some of the lowercase letters will extend below the baseline, such
as y or g, these are called descending characters. Letters that rise above the height line, such as b
and h, are called ascending characters.
Tip: To make it easier to position characters that should be slightly above the height line or
below the base line, click Layout > Unconstrain to remove the Snap to Guidelines and On-axis
features.