Gerber OMEGA CP Reference Manual page 585

Saving individual characters
Use Composer to save individual characters as PLT files.
Tip: Before saving a character, select any unattached parts of a character (such as the dot
of the lower case i) and group using Arrange > Group.
To save individual characters
Note: This procedure assumes that you are saving one character only. To save characters that
have been grouped, refer to "Saving character groups."
1 In Composer, open the job that contains the character to be saved.
2 Select the character.
3 Click File > Save As to open the Save As dialog box.
4 Browse the Save in field to find the subdirectory that you created to save the font in.
5 Using the OMEGA naming conventions, enter the font name in the File name field.
6 Select PLT – Gerber Plot File in the Save as type field.
7 Click Save to return to the Composer work space.
Saving character groups
When you created your job in Composer, you may have entered an entire word or even the
alphabet as a group. The Copy To command allows you to save individual characters while you
keep the original artwork intact. Follow the steps below to save each character in its individual
PLT file.
Tip: Before saving a character, select any unattached parts of a character (such as the
inside shape of the letter A) and group using Arrange > Group.
To save character groups
1 In the Composer job file, select all the characters.
2 Click Arrange > Ungroup.
3 Select a character to be saved.
4 Click Edit > Copy To, the Save as dialog box opens.
5 Browse the Save in field to find the subdirectory that you created to save the font in.
6 Using the OMEGA naming conventions, enter the font name in the File name field.
7 Select PLT – Gerber Plot File in the Save as type field.
8 Click Save to return to the Composer work space.
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