FS#782Embedding Font in Drawing
- Type
- Feature Request
- Status
- Closed
- Resolution
- Won't implement
- Category
- QCAD (main)
- Severity
- Low
- Priority
- Low
- Reported version
- 3.0.0
- Operating system
- All
- Reported
- 2013-03-07 by caigner
- Closed
- 2013-06-20 by andrew
Recently I ran into the problem, that the font, which I used on Linux was not installed on the Windows-Computer which is connected to the Laser-Cutter. So it was not engraved correctly.
I suggest adding an option to be able to embed a font into the drawing, so that text is rendered with the intended font regardless on which system you open the drawing.
Closure comment
Embedding fonts in DXF / DWG is not feasible.
Comments (3)
Neither DXF nor DWG allow font embedding as far as I know.
Possible alternatives are:
- QCAD could try to look up fonts from the drawing directory. If the drawing is distributed together with the font, the drawing should then load correctly.
- QCAD could display a warning dialog which lets the user choose an alternative font or point to the right font file.
Thanks for making that clear. What about bitmaps? Are bitmaps stored in DXF? If so, I could first enter the text in my paint program and then import the bitmap.
Right now I am using the following work around:
I enter a text, then explode the text (into arcs, lines and splines), select everything and explode again (for the splines to be exploded as well), then create a polyline of each letter, and hatch it with a solid fill.