I am having a problem with cutting the size of text that I want. On the main working screen I type in the specific dimensions of the text that I want to cut ( I have a graphtec cutter). When I pull up "Cut/Plot" in the dialog box under Job Size....the size is NEVER what I have specified. It is normally smaller.I will then type the dimensions into the Job Size field and cut the letter. BUT when I cut the letter......it is not the size I typed into the job size.
I really need help on this! I'm very frustrated.
CDubs said: I am having a problem with cutting the size of text that I want. On the main working screen I type in the specific dimensions of the text that I want to cut ( I have a graphtec cutter). When I pull up "Cut/Plot" in the dialog box under Job Size....the size is NEVER what I have specified. It is normally smaller.I will then type the dimensions into the Job Size field and cut the letter. BUT when I cut the letter......it is not the size I typed into the job size. I really need help on this! I'm very frustrated.
If you specify the size of the type (font) to be 2 inches and you come up short of that when you go to cut, is a very simple explanation.
The fonts have both, decenders and ascenders. When you look, as an example, the letter 'h', you see the character and its ascender the upper stroke of the 'h'). When you look at the letter 'y', you see the character with it's descender (the lower stroke of the 'y').
In normal typography, the character size in height, includes the ascender and the descender and a nominal blank space of a point or two, between two lines of characters abutted against each other if it is specified as part of the font being used.
In other words, a 2 inch letter includes, at a minimum, the space for the body of the character, plus space for ascender, plus space for the descender.
To circumnavigate this, you can convert your text to curves and then adjust the height of the converted text (curves) to the size that you want to cut.
This is the stupidest feature I've ever known. In the real world of signmaking the font size is the height of a flat top and flat bottom letter such as an A or a T
rbischoff said: This is the stupidest feature I've ever known. In the real world of signmaking the font size is the height of a flat top and flat bottom letter such as an A or a T
I understand that ignorance (lack of knowledge) can be frustrating, but only clever man accepts this insufficiency and can try to remove it. Or you can live with your ignorance, but please don’t bother other visitors of this forum that came here to widen their knowledge or try to help other visitors on friendly basis.
It’s only up to you to which group you want to belong in.
If you want learning something new and be less frustrated look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typeface_anatomy
Best regards,
Mek
Mek said:It’s only up to you to which group you want to belong in.
Good one Mek!
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