Gerber OMEGA CP, Reference Manual

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To position characters visually
1
Select a group or individual character to be positioned. Drag them to the baseline and
position them with the bottom flats of each character touching the baseline.
2
Add an additional guideline for the top (X height) of the lowercase characters.
3
Align descending characters with the X height guideline.
Using Absolute Move to position characters
Absolute Move can be used to position characters at the 0,0 point of the horizontal and vertical
guidelines.
Note: Absolute Move will not correctly position characters with descenders, (such as the lower
case letter y) at the 0,0 point. OMEGA moves characters with descenders using the
measurement from the bottom of the descender as a reference. You must visually position letters
with descenders.
To use Absolute Move to position characters
1
On the Composer work space, select the character(s) to be positioned.
2
Select Shape > Absolute Move to open the Absolute Move dialog box.
3
In the Absolute Move dialog box, click on the bottom left grid point in the Move This
Handle group box.