Problem with a SHX file

[Dennis S. Nunes]

I have an unusual problem with a particular complex SHX file. On several characters (D,G, N, and L) if I type about 25 L's on a single line, each letter drops just a litter lower than the next. By the time you get to the end of the line it is quite noticeable, especially if a "line" is drawn either above or below the line of text or use the %%u control code to underline the text. All the other characters and numbers are fine.

I have the SHP file and recompiled the SHX file, but no success. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Dennis

 

[Dennis S. Nunes]

Thanks Mark for the quick reply. Here is the definition for the "L":

*04C,33,ucl
2,8,(18,12),1,9,(0,85),(-15,0),(0,-95),(65,0),(0,10),(-55,0),(0,82),(-5,0), (0,-87),(57,0),(0,0),2,8,(25,-8),0

Thanks,
Dennis

 

[Walt Engle]

Gosh, am I happy to see someone that knows something about font shape files.

I have a font that was developed for R12, based on Romans. Autocad does not recognize it for dimensions which I want for architectural drawings. This shx file uses fractions that are a total height of whole numbers, i.e., as you would read them in a book. When I say that autocad won't recognize it, that is not quite true. The problem is that in using fractions, this shape file was developed to use %%131 to be shown as 1/16, %%132=1/8, %%133=3/16, etc. When I use this in dimensioning, it comes out as %%131, or %%132. I would appreciate your looking at the first few lines of this shx file and telling me what I have to do so the fractions come out as described above. I would be happy to share this file with you if you want. It might be more helpful to do this by email if it can't be done in this group - but let me reassure you I don't want your email for any purposes other than this.

*0,4,Simplex roman Copyright 1987 by Autodesk, Inc. w/ changes for better stacked fractions by Walter Warren, 73750,3535 21,7,2,0
*10,9,lf
2,8,(0,-34),14,8,(30,34),0
*32,9,spc
2,8,(21,0),14,8,(-21,-30),0
*33,30,kexc
2,14,8,(-5,-21),14,5,8,(5,21),1,0ec,2,05c,1,01a,01e,012,016, 2,8,(5,-2),14,6,14,8,(5,-9),0
*34,37,kqt
2,14,8,(-4,-25),8,(2,24),1,01a,016,012,01e,02c,02b,01a,2,8,(8,5), 1,01a,016,012,01e,02c,02b,01a,2,8,(9,-19),14,8,(-11,9),0

Thanks