Making Font file and shape files.

[Muhammed.OPERA]

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 🙂

[J.FOCHT]

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#WSc30cd...

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

[Muhammed.OPERA]

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 🙂

[J.FOCHT]

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.

[Muhammed.OPERA]

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.

[J.FOCHT]

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!

[Muhammed.OPERA]

@J.FOCHT thank you 

that's a drawing of one sample:

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

[J.FOCHT]

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.

[Muhammed.OPERA]

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.

[J.FOCHT]

@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. 

[Muhammed.OPERA]

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

is there any one can help us with that ?!

[J.FOCHT]

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.

[Muhammed.OPERA]

Ok.

Thank you very much @J.FOCHT 🙂

[john.vellek]

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.

[Muhammed.OPERA]

Thank you very much for your time 🙂

can you please send me the file in private