Using Windows Fonts
Textset files may be modified to utilize Windows fonts by increasing the
width of the FONT item (e.g. to 6 N) of TXT.DBF. Font numbers may then
be determined for the desired font using the Options|Fonts menu on the
Display Window (or type "WIN EXEC 9" at the command prompt):
Note that the number of the font selected by WIN EXEC 9 will be passed
to SML variable 1, which in ARCPLOTW may be applied to the TEXTFONT
command:
WIN EXEC 9
TEXTFONT %1
[WARNING: Font numbers vary depending on the fonts which have
been installed. If you install or remove any fonts, you should always
recheck your assignments.]
For a sample Windows font textset file, click HERE. To download FONT.SML, click HERE.
To use the sample Windows font textset file, create a FONT subdirectory
in \ARCEXE\SYMBOLS and copy TXT.DBF to it. Then, when in ARCEDITW or
ARCPLOTW, issue the textset FONT.TXT command. To test FONT.TXT
in ARCPLOTW, use the Windows Control Panel to set the printer/plotter
for 8.5x11 Portrait and then run FONT.SML as follows:
DISP 4 5 24
WIN EXEC 7
&R FONT
FONT.TXT uses fonts -991, -992, and -995. Note that while these font
numbers are considered "hardware independent", the results may still
vary from system to system because Windows searches for the nearest
"equivalent" font.
The text symbols are as follows:
Appearance Black Red Green Blue
Roman, Normal 1 2 3 4
Roman, Italic 5 6 7 8
Roman, Bold 9 10 11 12
Swiss, Normal 13 14 15 16
Swiss, Bold 17 18 19 20
Decorative, Normal 21 22 23 24
Roman, Symbol 25 26 27 28
Decorative, Symbol 29 30 31 32
Also, PC ARC/INFO 3.5.X comes with a Windows textset file:
TRUETYPE.TXT.
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