To work with mapping and other issues like Architectural files with background images. We need HALO text as that has proven to be the best method to display the text. ESRI has done this with TTFonts for a long time. How about Mstation?
RegardsAndrew BellTechnical SupportBentley Systems
Its a bit like telling you to buy a tank because your rifle cant handle a longer magazine isnt it?
Eric did you try the macro I suggested while not ideal it will fix your issue without purchasing another vertical..?
I googled free true type shadow fonts ( not called halo outside GIS )
found this promising site tack a look
www.fontsplace.com/hunter-drop-shadow-premium-font-download.html
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Unknown said:As far as the font. I will try that at my home office. Can't do it at NASA as that is outside software
A font isn't software: it's data. TrueType fonts (TTF) are in your Windows \Fonts folder. Windows itself installs many TTF fonts, and applications, such as the Office suite, install more fonts. It's as simple as dropping the font file into the \Fonts folder.
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
I think Eric means its external data I had similar IT data security restrictions at our international airport where I last worked...
Unknown said:I think Eric means its external data
You're probably right — but that's not what Eric wrote. Since this is a public Forum and not a private conversation I sought to clarify the difference between data and software.
Unknown said:I had similar IT data security restrictions where I last worked...
It's not uncommon: IT departments are sometimes over-zealous in their enthusiasm to impose restrictions upon users in the name of security. In this case, the \Fonts folder is a subdirectory of the Windows\System folder, which an IT department often wants to lock. That's one reason that Bentley Systems introduced the MS_FONTPATH configuration variable: it lets you drop TTF fonts into a non-Windows folder.
From MicroStation help: MicroStation searches for TrueType fonts in your Windows system fonts directory (%SYSTEMROOT%\Fonts), in directories specified by MS_FONTPATH, and in the same directory as the design file requesting the font.
In other words, Eric could put a TTF halo font into his DGN folder without compromising IT's lock on the Windows folder.
Not neccessarily my oldIT had restrictions on anything in the programs folder which msnt by default installs to so you could not put anything or change anything to the mstn folders.. in order to get around this I had to get the IT depart to instal mnst to c:\Bentley\etc
That way it wasnt in a Restricted programs folder however this is not the best situation but the best compromise between IT security protocal and user ability to customise things...