[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index]
Re: gEDA-user: schematic symbol text size for printing
Mike,
Thanks for the info. I didn't know about the adjustment you mentioned; it
seems to work as you describe. While playing with the adjustment I've
learned a bit more about my situation. All of the symbols I had created
with the old gEDA used a font size of 8. Symbols created with the new gEDA
use a font size of 10. Thus, schematic pages I create with all new symbols
in the new version of gEDA look great. Schematics created with the new gEDA
using my older symbols are the problem. The system-gschemrc for my older
gEDA version does not seem to have the same adjustment so maybe it was hard
coded to something higher than the new gEDA system-gschemrc default value of
1.0.
I only have a few symbols in my library so I will change them all to a size
10 font. I didn't really have a standard for creating the symbols because I
always started by using a similar symbol from the gEDA library as a
template. Thus, I never really set the text size for any of my symbols. I
wonder if font size 8 was the size of choice for the older versions of gEDA.
I probably should have been working with a newer version of gEDA anyway but
I simply used the package that came with Debian Sarge.
As always, thanks for the quick response from the gEDA user group.
Best Regards,
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Jarabek" <mjarabek@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "gEDA user mailing list" <geda-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: gEDA-user: schematic symbol text size for printing
> Hi,
>
> Besides the font anchor point, there's also a fudge-factor adjustment
> you can apply in the system-gschemrc. This sets a scaling factor between
> gschem's internal units and the font size. This is needed because not all
> fonts are created equal. If this does not do the trick for you, can you
> send me the postscipt output and the schematic/symbol that's causing you
> grief and I will look into it.
>
> Also, gschem supports overbars natively, and the PS code automatically
> makes them look nice. Just put a '_' where you want it to start and
> another '_' where you want it to end.
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> Mike Jarabek
> FPGA/ASIC Designer, DSP Firmware Designer
> http://www.sentex.ca/~mjarabek
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Ed & Angie S." <edangies@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 11:17:42
> To:"gEDA user mailing list" <geda-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: schematic symbol text size for printing
>
>
> Ben,
>
> Thanks for the response. I may have more than one issue because I haven't
> addressed the anchor point issue at all. However, when I compare
> schematics
> printed out before and after the upgrade the text size (not just position)
> is significantly smaller for the post upgrade schematic page. The post
> upgrade text size in the print out is quite hard to read. I'm printing on
> A
> size sheets and before the upgrade my schematics were quite readable. The
> individual characters are smaller so it's not simply a proportional verses
> non proportional font issue either. It's possible that the screen font
> was
> slightly larger than the print font for the old gEDA version also but the
> difference must have been so slight as to not be noticeable. Note that
> the
> gEDA version I was using previously was a year or two old.
>
> Ed
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben Jackson" <ben@xxxxxxx>
> To: "gEDA user mailing list" <geda-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 9:43 AM
> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: schematic symbol text size for printing
>
>
>> On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 09:50:24AM -0600, Ed & Angie S. wrote:
>>> the text size
>>> for schematic symbols when printed is much smaller than before the
>>> upgrade. The problem is very evident for symbols which use a line above
>>> part of the signal name text to indicate negated because the line is no
>>> longer located in the correct place relative to the text. All symbol
>>> text looks fine on the screen; the problem is only with printed
>>> schematics.
>>
>> When text looks different when printed it's usually because the anchor
>> point for the text is not where you want. I seem to recall a mention
>> of an "automatic anchor point moving feature", which is possibly
>> affecting
>> you.
>>
>> Since gschem does not print using its internal vector font, if the anchor
>> point for your text is not "toward" the symbol, the smaller printed font
>> means that the gap between the edge of the text and the symbol will
>> increase. In the case of a hand-drawn overbar, you'd have to make the
>> anchor top/center (in the default rotation) in order to have the bar stay
>> in approximately the right place. It will still be too big for the
>> printed
>> text. If the bar is supposed to go over only one word of the text it's
>> probably impossible to ensure it prints correctly.
>>
>> (and the print font has always been smaller since I started using
>> gschem!)
>>
>> --
>> Ben Jackson AD7GD
>> <ben@xxxxxxx>
>> http://www.ben.com/
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> geda-user mailing list
>> geda-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
>>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> geda-user mailing list
> geda-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> geda-user mailing list
> geda-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
>
_______________________________________________
geda-user mailing list
geda-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user