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Making Font file and shape files.

Muhammed.OPERA — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 11:33:42 GMT

Hi everyone,

1- I'm making a new shx font ( just to help us to write in Arabic ),

Every Arabic letter have many curves, I managed to draw our letters as splines and polylines, but now i'm asking what's the rightest thing to do:

Convert ( Spline ) letters into shapes (SHP), or convert ( polyline ) ones , or explode them then convert ??

2- When i convert any curve into SHP, it askes for resolution and the default is 128. when i keep it 128, the shape was not accurate.

When i use higher resolution, it become to be more accurate but the problem is that in the SHP file it use letter subshape and i don't know how to deal with that in turing the whole letters into SHX font.

How can i make the curve accurate and inside the limit without needing to use any subshape in the SHP file.

Thanks 🙂

Re: Making Font file and shape files.

J.FOCHT — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 21:00:04 GMT

Here is a nice detailed post about making your own font file. This should help you out some more.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/how-make-shx-font-file/td-p/2025099

Here is a nice website also:

http://docs.autodesk.com/ACD/2011/ENU/filesACG/WSfacf1429558a55de1a7524c1004e616f8b-32e9.htm#WSc30cd3d5faa8f6d8e3b895ffc2d5e7e8-8000

Hope this helps you out! This is a big process.

Re: Making Font file and shape files.

Muhammed.OPERA — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:21:28 GMT

Thanks for your very useful comment @J.FOCHT

Did you work on something like that, i just want to ask for some small details if you can 🙂

Re: Making Font file and shape files.

J.FOCHT — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 20:07:08 GMT

A coworker was working on it in the past and i assisted him at points along the way. I'd be glad to help in anyway i can, though im no expert on this process by any means.

Re: Making Font file and shape files.

Muhammed.OPERA — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 21:12:26 GMT

My only proplem now is with curves, Every arabic letter consists of huge number of arcs and splines,

Every time i convert arcs or splines into shape it become crazy cracked .

Sure it become more fit when i increase the resolution.

is there any tips from you on this problem.

Re: Making Font file and shape files.

J.FOCHT — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 21:36:42 GMT

Hello @Muhammed.OPERA!

Could you please attach a sample so that i can work with it? Perhaps one with a lot of arcs and splines. I need to brush up on the process a bit.

Thank You!

Re: Making Font file and shape files.

Muhammed.OPERA — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 23:58:07 GMT

@J.FOCHT thank you

that's a drawing of one sample:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/xcjk55qnlqu1xdx/UCH.dwg

Re: Making Font file and shape files.

J.FOCHT — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 14:35:06 GMT

Thank you for sending a drawing for me to look at.

One thing that i remember doing is that i would convert the spline to a polyline.

Select the spline, stype SPLINEEDIT, then converttoPolyline option.

See if that makes it easier for you. I will look into working on the drawing you sent.

Re: Making Font file and shape files.

Muhammed.OPERA — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 13:18:32 GMT

Yup , I used that command before (i said) , I tried to make SHAPE 3 times of ( Spline , Polylines , Lines ) .

The problem is that it's not accurate shape unless i use very high resolution.

Using high resolution No. makes the .SHP file consists of many subshapes , i don't know how to deal with subshapes into the SHX collection.

Re: Making Font file and shape files.

J.FOCHT — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 14:19:14 GMT

@Muhammed.OPERA,

Many apologies! I am encountering the same issues as you are. I am experimenting with different tweaks to the drawing and shape but they are proving fruitless.

Re: Making Font file and shape files.

Muhammed.OPERA — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 15:05:02 GMT

Thank you @J.FOCHT for your effort 🙂 and for your time

is there any one can help us with that ?!

Re: Making Font file and shape files.

J.FOCHT — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 15:33:16 GMT

It has been my pleasure. I can get it to work but i hit the same problem with the shapes as you. Perhaps we can get the developers involved to help. We are almost there!! Ill keep working on it and see if i hit a breakthrough.

Re: Making Font file and shape files.

Muhammed.OPERA — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 15:59:39 GMT

Ok.

Thank you very much @J.FOCHT 🙂

Re: Making Font file and shape files.

john.vellek — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 20:43:51 GMT

Hi @Muhammed.OPERA,

I palyed with your file that you shared with me privately. On the lower part of the character I replaced the SPLINEs with simple arcs. I then used a resolution of 350 and it didn't turn out too bad.

Can you try this too? Or, send me your email privately so I can send you my file to look at.

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question.

Re: Making Font file and shape files.

Muhammed.OPERA — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 21:26:15 GMT

Thank you very much for your time 🙂

can you please send me the file in private