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#BIGFONTS

    26-Apr-88 19:59:33
Sb: #BIGFONTS
Fm: Mary B. Trudeau 76046,1007
To: sysop (X)
I made a BIGFONT fraction font, similar to the one in the book Customizing AutoCAD (Rider Press). When I use the font, text operations (MOVE, COPY, CHANGE, etc.) are unacceptably slow (on a Compaq 386/20 – Artist 10 video) (many disk read/writes). Is this because BIGFONT's are inherently slow (should I move the fractions to %%nnn), or because I'm referencing other characters (code 7's)? I got a message, "Hash table is 69% full. Longest search was 3." – when I compiled the font. What does that mean? It's not explained in the Reference Manual. Also, the only way I could remove the BIGFONT from my STYLE (to go back to just SIMPLEX) was to erase the BIGFONT SHX file from disk AND rename the STYLE!!! Redefining the style had no effect. Is there an easier way?