Original Tip Date: Aug. 14, 2002
MicroStation V7 - If you've not been happy with the quality of text when creating PDF files from MicroStation, try the following.Create a copy of pscriptc.plt and add the lines shown below at the end of the file. You may also want to change the default_extension as indicated in the fist line. default_extension/auto_incExt='ps';default extension for plotfiles;Font SubstitutionFONT("Courier")=(0)/Sizeratio=1.20 ;MicroStation STANDARDFONT("Helvetica")=(1)/Sizeratio=1.15 ;MicroStation WORKINGFONT("Courier")=(2)/Sizeratio=1.31 ;MicroStation FANCYFONT("Courier")=(3)/Sizeratio=1.26 ;MicroStation ENGINEERINGFONT("Helvetica")=(7)/Sizeratio=0.72 ;MicroStation COMPRESSEDFONT("Helvetica-Oblique")=(23)/Sizeratio=1.07 ;MicroStation ITALICFONT("Symbol")=(26)/Sizeratio=1.00 ;MicroStation GREEKFONT("Helvetica")=(32)/Sizeratio=1.22 ;MicroStation INTL_ENGINEERINGFONT("Helvetica")=(33)/Sizeratio=1.22 ;MicroStation INTL_WORKINGFONT("Helvetica")=(42)/Sizeratio=1.35 ;MicroStation BLOCK_OUTLINEFONT("Helvetica")=(43)/Sizeratio=0.96 ;MicroStation LOW_RES_FILLEDFONT("Helvetica")=(105)/Sizeratio=0.93 ;MicroStation INTL_ISOFONT("Courier")=(106)/Sizeratio=0.88 ;MicroStation INTL_ISO_EQUALFONT("Courier")=(127)/Sizeratio=1.26 ;MicroStation CHAR_FAST_FONTTo use this method of plotting you'll have to place the plotfile (ie: filename.ps) into a folder watched by Acrobat Distiller or drag and drop the file into Acrobat Distiller.With thanks to Sean Forward for sharing this tip.
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