Customizing Fonts for Displaying Geometry Area Texts Customizing Fonts for Displaying Geometry Area Texts This task explains how to choose fonted texts displayed in the geometry area, for example, when working in Drafting workbenches, and lists the fonts you can choose from. You need access to the Interactive Drafting product license to follow this scenario which shows you how to enter text in a drawing and choose a font for the text.

The Symbol font contains Times New Roman Greek capitals and lowercase, figures and basic punctuation together with a collection of mathematical signs and general purpose Pi characters. Use for setting mathematical and scientific work and as a compliment to the symbols found in standard fonts. Home: Browse: Font Files Font Files. Font files contain one or more fonts that can be accessed by the operating system and applications. Most modern fonts are stored in either the OpenType or TrueType formats, which can be used by both Macintosh and Windows computers. Common font file extensions include.OTF,.TTF, and.FNT.

The objective is to present the list of fonts supported. • Open a drawing you created using the Interactive Drafting product. • Click Text in the Annotations toolbar, then click a point in the drawing to position the text to open the Text Editor dialog box. • Use the Text Editor dialog box to write the text, justify it, specify the text height and define the anchor point, then click anywhere outside the Text Editor window, but inside the main application window: The Text Editor dialog box disappears. • Point to the text, right-click and select Properties to open the Properties dialog box. • Click the Font tab.

This tab includes controls for setting the font, font style and size. Which Font Formats Are Supported? Version 5 provides the following font formats: • PostScript (PS) Type 1 format. PostScript font format is a quality-certified font format for professional printing thanks to its definition of analytical geometric elements. In addition to this, professionals also use high-quality PostScript font printers dedicated to publishing.

• CATIA Version 4 FONT format. • TrueType font (TTF) format. TrueType font versioning is now available which means that TTF fonts will have the same behavior throughout all future Version 5 releases or service packs, thus ensuring a consistent display of text.

This new version of TTF fonts is supported on both Windows and UNIX and is named after the release or service pack number, i.e. To take advantage of enhancements delivered in future versions, the text should be displayed using the appropriate version number. Audi vw calculatorexe download. Moreover, note that: • all TTF fonts displayed until V5R17 are known as Version 0 and work on Windows only. If a TTF text is displayed on UNIX with Version 0, it is not displayed with a TTF font but with the default font available.

• any future modification will be available in next versions. • new modifications will have no impact on the way the text is displayed with previous versions. With respect to the PostScript Type 1 font format, note that on Windows only, if a TrueType version of the font exists or has been created, it can be used to optimize visualization quality. • OpenType font (OTF) format. OpenType font format is an extension of the TrueType font (TTF) format, adding support for PostScript font data.

Note that OpenType fonts are not delivered with Version 5. This font format is supported on both Windows and UNIX: • On Windows, some OpenType fonts are provided natively. However, you can customize the list of fonts provided by copying your own fonts to C: Windows Fonts, or by selecting Start > Control > Panel > Fonts then File > Install New Fonts.

For more information, refer to your Windows documentation • On UNIX, no OpenType fonts are provided natively. To be able to use OpenType fonts, you have to copy them to your Version 5 environment in installationfolder resources fonts TrueType or in installationfolder resources fonts OpenType. OpenType fonts can be used in Drafting workbenches and are identified by a specific icon:. OpenType font files are identified by the extension '.otf', '.OTF' or '.TTF', depending on the kind of outlines in the font and on the need for compatibility on systems without native OpenType support. The major benefits of OpenType fonts are: • cross-platform compatibility (the same font file can be used on both Macintosh and Windows computers) • better support for international character sets • support of advanced typographic control. Among the various advanced features provided by OpenType fonts, one of them is supported by Version 5 and is called 'kerning'.