Gerber OMEGA CP, Reference Manual

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Standard font exercise
You can practice making a font with the sample font installed on the system. Sixteen one-byte
characters which make up the phrase
GRAPHIX, graphix! have been saved as individual PLT
files according to the chart below.
G = KEY71.PLT R = KEY 82.PLT
A = KEY65.PLT P = KEY80.PLT
H = KEY72.PLT I = KEY73.PLT
X = KEY88.PLT , = KEY44.PLT
g = KEY103.PLT r = KEY114.PLT
a = KEY97.PLT p = KEY112.PLT
h = KEY104.PLT i = KEY105.PLT
x = KEY120.PLT ! = KEY33.PLT
Each individual PLT file must be retrieved, aligned on the baseline, saved, and processed
through Font Designer. Follow the procedures in the next few pages to practice the font creation
process.
To open Composer and set the guidelines
1
Click Start > Programs > GSP OMEGA > Composer.
2
Click Tools > Options > View to open the View tab of the Options dialog box.
3
Turn on Guidelines and Baseline.
Tip: Click Preference to save the View settings as the default.
4
Click OK.
5
Click Layout > Vertical Guideline to open the Set Vertical Guideline dialog box. Enter
a zero in the X Location box and click OK.
6
Click Layout > Horizontal Guideline to open the Set Horizontal Guideline dialog box.
Enter a zero in the Y Location box and click OK.
The display controls are now set for the practice exercise and do not need to be set again for
each character.
To open the sample font files in Composer
1
Click File > Open to display the Open dialog box.
2
Click
C:/Jobs/smplfont .
3
Scroll through the files and click
key71.plt .
The file is highlighted and appears in the
preview box.
4
Click OK. The character appears in the work area.