Gerber OMEGA CP Reference Manual page 598

584 Chapter 50:
Designing and Building Your Own Fonts
2 Click the 3 in the # of Passes box (not available if using the Long Kern Table).
3 Click Process. The Font Designer Status box opens as the font processes.
4 A message displays when font construction is complete. Click OK.
5 Close the Font Designer program.
The font named GRAPHIX has now been processed through Font Designer and can now be
accessed from TOWS or the Enter/Edit dialog box in the Composer program.
Note: Only the characters processed through Font Designer can be accessed in Composer. The
keyboard beeps when you press keys for characters not processed in the sample font.
Connected font exercise
This exercise allows you to practice building a connected font using the Digitizing Tablet. You
should digitize the characters below, save them, and process them through Font Designer.
To create the directory
Use Windows Explorer to create a subdirectory with the path
To create the characters
Connecting characters should be digitized to acquire the best results. When using the Digitizing
Tablet, refer to "Digitizing Artwork," for tablet setup information and specific digitizing rules.
Then complete the next steps to digitize the connecting characters.
Note: If the character connects to other characters, leave open points at the connection points.
In the example below, open points should be on both sides of the e and n and on the two end
caps. The connection points are where the character connects to other characters.
1 Copy and enlarge the example shown below to approximately 6 inches (152.4 mm).
(The small marks will be the left and right end caps needed to close the open ends of
the characters.)
2 Click Start > Programs > GSP OMEGA > Composer.
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C:\JOBS\CONNECT