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#FREECAD FONTS LOCATION WINDOWS#

Make sure DontUseNativeFontDialog is set to true, which is the default value for this preference.

#FREECAD FONTS LOCATION WINDOWS#

button and then selecting a file from the default Windows font folder is not possible when using the native file dialog. There are three cases in FreeCAD where a font file for ShapeStrings can be specified: in the ShapeString task panel, when changing the Data Font File property of a ShapeString, and when specifying the default font file in the Draft Preferences. This affects the font file selection for ShapeStrings. On Windows access to the default font folder is restricted. To create Draft ShapeStrings arranged in a circular fashion use the Macro FCCircularText.Draft ShapeStrings can also be created with the Macro Fonts Win10 PYMP.These conditions are considered errors in wires used to define faces. This is because font contours are allowed to overlap, have small gaps, and have varying directions within a glyph. Many fonts will generate problematic geometry.

Very small text heights may result in deformed character shapes due to loss of detail in scaling.

Therefore at the moment RTL (right-to-left + top-to-bottom) text isn't supported.

The command is restricted to LTR (left-to-right) text.

A Draft ShapeStrings can be edited by double-clicking it in the Tree view.

Press Esc or the Cancel button to abort the command.

Press the OK button to finish the command.

Enter a file path in the Font file input box.

To select a font do one of the following:.

Optionally press the Reset Point button to reset the point to the origin.

Click a point in the 3D view, or type coordinates.

Select the Drafting → Shape from text option from the menu.

There are several ways to invoke the command:.

Single point required to position the ShapeString Usageįor Windows users: please read the Font file selection on Windows paragraph first.

The Draft Text command or the Draft Label command should be used for that purpose. The Draft ShapeString command is not intended for standard text annotations. This shape can be used to create 3D letters with the Part Extrude command. The Draft ShapeString command creates a compound shape that represents a text string.