#BIGFONTS
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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?
#22272-#BIGFONTS — declared parent_msg_num=22272, resolved parent_id points to #22272
If the font has many vectors in it, like triplex, it can take longer to do
some commands.
The way to redefine the style with a new font is real easy.
Using the STYLE command answer the first prompt with the name of the Style
and then the second prompt with the new font file to use.
Here is an example that changes the current style simplex to use the complex
font.
STYLE
Text style name (or ?) <SIMPLEX>:<return>
existing style.
Font file <simplex>: COMPLEX <return>
(and so on)
That error message is one I am not familiar with, I will see if I can ge more
info on it.
Jamie
#22314-BIGFONTS — declared parent_msg_num=22314, resolved parent_id points to #22314
Jamie/Mary – The "hash table" message is not an error message; it's a
debugging message that should have been turned off in the released version of
AutoCAD (and will be, in Release 10). Just ignore it for now.
.