- Status Closed
- Percent Complete
- Task Type Feature Request
- Category QCAD (main)
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Assigned To
Andrew - Operating System All
- Severity Low
- Priority Very Low
- Reported Version 3.0.0
- Due in Version Undecided
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Due Date
Undecided
- Votes
- Private
Attached to Project: QCAD Bugtracker
Opened by Christian Aigner - 07.03.2013
Last edited by Andrew - 20.06.2013
Opened by Christian Aigner - 07.03.2013
Last edited by Andrew - 20.06.2013
FS#782 - Embedding Font in Drawing
Recently I ran into the problem, that the font, which I used on Linux was not installed on the Windows-Computer which is connected to the Laser-Cutter. So it was not engraved correctly.
I suggest adding an option to be able to embed a font into the drawing, so that text is rendered with the intended font regardless on which system you open the drawing.
Closed by Andrew
20.06.2013 10:05
Reason for closing: Won't implement
Additional comments about closing:
20.06.2013 10:05
Reason for closing: Won't implement
Additional comments about closing:
Embedding fonts in DXF / DWG is not
feasible.
Neither DXF nor DWG allow font embedding as far as I know.
Possible alternatives are:
- QCAD could try to look up fonts from the drawing directory. If the drawing is distributed together with the font, the drawing should then load correctly.
- QCAD could display a warning dialog which lets the user choose an alternative font or point to the right font file.
Thanks for making that clear. What about bitmaps? Are bitmaps stored in DXF? If so, I could first enter the text in my paint program and then import the bitmap.
Right now I am using the following work around:
I enter a text, then explode the text (into arcs, lines and splines), select everything and explode again (for the splines to be exploded as well), then create a polyline of each letter, and hatch it with a solid fill.