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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Basic Customization
- Custom Linetypes
- Custom Hatch Patterns
- User Interface Customization
- DIESEL
- Command Scripts
- Introduction to Programming Interfaces
- Shapes and Shape Fonts
- Overview of Shape Files
- Create Shape Definition Files
- Shape Descriptions
- Vector Length and Direction Code
- Special Codes
- Use Special Codes
- Codes 0, 1, and 2: End of Shape and Draw Mode Control
- Codes 3 and 4: Size Control
- Codes 5 and 6: Location Save/Restore
- Code 7: Subshape
- Codes 8 and 9: X-Y Displacements
- Code 00A: Octant Arc
- Code 00B: Fractional Arc
- Codes 00C and 00D: Bulge-Specified Arcs
- Code 00E: Flag Vertical Text Command
- Text Font Descriptions
- Sample Files
- Big Font Descriptions
- Unicode Font Descriptions
- Superscripts and Subscripts in SHX Files
- Index
Fields of the extended Big Font file
DescriptionByte sizeValueVariable
End of shape definition1 byte0
terminator
The following figure is an example of a 16 x 16 dot matrix that you could use
to design an extended Big Font, such as a Kanji character. In the example, the
distance between each dot is one unit. The callout points to a square unit.
A square matrix for a Kanji character
The following figure shows examples of Kanji characters. Each character
occupies an M×N matrix (matrices don't have to be square), similar to the one
shown in the previous figure. The numbers above each figure are the associated
shape numbers.
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