How to get text to default as vector

scott216 wrote:

How do I get the board text tool to default the font as vector? I

tried setting "Always Vector Font" in the User Interface dialog box,

but that didn't work. I've looked on this forum and found several

mentions about edititing eagle.scr, but I coudn't find specific

instructions what needs to be added to eagle.scr.

 

I'm using eagle 6.3

It is a bit tricky how this all works. These are my thoughts:

"Always Vector Font" can only be manually set and appears in

..Options>User Interface.. of the Contol Panel, Board and Schematic. Add or

remove the check mark for "Always Vector Font" in one of those places and it

changes in the others as well.

"Always Vector Font" has an associated setting, in the Board editor and

Schematic editors  "Persistant in this drawing' and that seems to be the

master even if "Always Vector Font" is not set. It is affected by the

command "set vector_font on|off;"

It apears that once this is set the board editor only/always  display vector

fonts no matter what the font setting of the text object is. Likewise the

CAM processor only processes vector fonts.

To make it all tidy though it would be good if the text objects font

attribute did read 'vector' and not 'proportional' when it is always

displayed as a vector font on your board.

This can be done with the change font vector command;

I suggest the following.

Open up eagle.scr (found in the scr folder) in a text editor.

You will see the section that pertains to the board BRD:

Insert the following lines just before the schematic section SCH:

set vector_font on;

change font vector;

So now when eagle.scr gets run the settings will be as you desired.

HTH

Warren

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On 11/11/12 04:28, Warren Brayshaw wrote:

To make it all tidy though it would be good if the text objects font

attribute did read 'vector' and not 'proportional' when it is always

displayed as a vector font on your board.

Actually, no, it wouldn't. Because that would be a lie.

The "always vector font" option affects the way Eagle renders text on

screen (or printout). It does not affect the text object's "font"

attribute. If you turn off "always vector" then proportional text

objects return to being shown as proportional, because they have never

really been otherwise.

Cheers,

Rob

On 11/11/12 04:28, Warren Brayshaw wrote:

To make it all tidy though it would be good if the text objects font

attribute did read 'vector' and not 'proportional' when it is always

displayed as a vector font on your board.

Actually, no, it wouldn't. Because that would be a lie.

The "always vector font" option affects the way Eagle renders text on

screen (or printout). It does not affect the text object's "font"

attribute. If you turn off "always vector" then proportional text

objects return to being shown as proportional, because they have never

really been otherwise.

Cheers,

Rob

The plot thickens ...

mikey

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