Gerber OMEGA CP, Reference Manual

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The Font Settings dialog box includes the following components:
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Font Title
– Enter a unique name (not to exceed 32 characters) to identify the font.
Tip: To avoid duplicate font titles, open GSP Tray and select Font Manager to open the Gerber
Font Manager dialog box. This dialog box allows you to view a list of all installed fonts.
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Font Number – Font Designer automatically assigns the next available font number.
To overwrite the system-designated number, enter a five digit number from 00000-
99999 (no spaces between the numbers) to create a unique font file name.
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Cap Height Line – Displays the standard size for uppercase letters in the font. The
system defaults to a capital height line value of 6" (152.4mm).
Note: To scale characters proportionately, the capital height line value must equal the height
line to baseline measurement used when the font was built.
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Space Character – Displays the amount of space (between 0 and 12" or 0 - 304.80mm)
assigned to the space bar. The system automatically assigns a Space Character value
based on the Cap Height Line value.
Note: Make a note of the Font Title, Font Number, Capital Height Line, and Space Character
values for future reference.
If your GSP Font Designer ini file contains this fontmaker entry: bDefChBlk=1, the next two
fields will be active in your Font Settings dialog box:
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Block Descender – Displays the distance from the baseline to the bottom of the block.
A block is an imaginary box located around the character.
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Block Height
– Displays the distance from the top of the block to the bottom of the
block.
In addition to the fields above, the Font Settings dialog box contains these check boxes:
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Character Width Defined by Baseline – Turn this check box on to set the parameters
for a connected font. Expect these results:
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Characters in the font will not be left justified.
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Inruns (the distance value used to separate characters) will be set to zero.
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The length of the baseline determines character width.