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This archive includes the following files:
LER SHX smooth leroy font
LERQ SHX quick leroy font (straight line segments)
DOT SHX ghost leroy font
MONOLER SHX mono-spaced smooth leroy font
MONOLERQ SHX mono-spaced quick leroy font
MONODOT SHX mono-spaced ghost leroy font
LEROY SCR sample leroy script
LEROYQ SCR sample leroyq(uick) script
READ DOC This document
This is an update of an earlier upload which did not include the mono-spaced
or the ghost leroy fonts. After looking at the text I was embarrassed at how
poorly I explained the setup. It still isn't very good but you'll get the
idea and we all have different ways of setting up the styles sizes to suit our
particular drawing technique.
When we automated our plat drafting we needed to continue using leroy style
lettering; we are bound to by a Manual of Instructions. To satisfy the
requirements Tom Noble of our Alaska office wrote the shape file for a Leroy
font. We soon found out that regens took forever with the smooth leroy font
because of the arcs in the lettering, so Tom wrote a shape file called Leroy
Q(uick) which occupies the same space as the leroy font but is composed of
straight line segments. The quick font is much faster and we use it during
the construction phase of the drawing. It wasn't long before our draftsmen
asked for a ghost lettering style in leroy so this shape file has been added
to the system. The ghost lettering was originally based on dots or points but
we found that it beat the heck out of the plotter so the fonts are now based
on circles with small diameters; a little slower but the plotter (not to
mention the pens) is much happier.
We create our drawings in real units, 1=1, therefore the height and size of
the lettering styles, V80, S80, V100, S100, etc., have to scaled up
proportionally. To accomplish this we multiply the true leroy template size
(for V80, 0.08) times the final plot scale, which is stored in the USERR1
drawing variable. This keeps everything in proper spatial relationship; at
1"=1,320 feet (or 1/4 mile) 80 leroy lettering is 105.6 feet tall. When the
drawing is plotted to the predefined scale the lettering will be scaled back
down to the correct height.
We begin a drawing by running Leroyq.scr and prior to final plotting we run
leroy.scr to substitute the smooth leroy font.
This is our leroy script file:
regenauto off
style S50 LER (* 0.05 sc) 1 22.5 N N N
style S60 LER (* 0.06 sc) 1 22.5 N N N
style S80 LER (* 0.08 sc) 1 22.5 N N N
style S100 LER (* 0.1 sc) 1 22.5 N N N
style S120 LER (* 0.12 sc) 1 22.5 N N N
style S140 LER (* 0.14 sc) 1 22.5 N N N
style S175 LER (* 0.175 sc) 1 22.5 N N N
style S240 LER (* 0.24 sc) 1 22.5 N N N
style S350 LER (* 0.35 sc) 1 22.5 N N N
style V50 LER (* 0.05 sc) 1 0.0 N N N
style V60 LER (* 0.06 sc) 1 0.0 N N N
style V80 LER (* 0.08 sc) 1 0.0 N N N
style V100 LER (* 0.1 sc) 1 0.0 N N N
style V120 LER (* 0.12 sc) 1 0.0 N N N
style V140 LER (* 0.14 sc) 1 0.0 N N N
style V175 LER (* 0.175 sc) 1 0.0 N N N
style V240 LER (* 0.24 sc) 1 0.0 N N N
style V350 LER (* 0.35 sc) 1 0.0 N N N
regenauto on
style - issues the style command
S50 - names the style
LER - specifies shape (shx) file
(* 0.05 sc) - system specific, multiplies the template size times the user
defined variable sc (plot scale for the final drawing)
1 - defines width factor
22.5 - defines obliquing angle for slant templates
N N N - answers NO to the remaining questions in the style command