Printing TrueType fonts

08.05.02.70

I'm trying to print some drawings with TrueType fonts from MicroStation but the text is too dark / bold / thick.

I can print other drawings with TT fonts through IPlot and they look fine, but I need to be able to do this through MicroStation as well. I don't know how, but the IPlot pen table changes the weight of the TT fonts so they print correctly.

In MicroStation print, I am using a plot file that specifies the line weights, and my graphics print correctly, but I don't see anything in the plot file that will let me control the "line weight" of fonts. I cannot find anything that I can change in the pen table options that pertains to fonts either.

Is there a way to control this? Do TT fonts have some kind of special classification? They do not seem to be influenced by line weight settings (wt-0 and wt-10 appear the same).

  • Try an make new pentable .... try an import the  iplot pen table to microstations pentable.. I did it with the acad  pentable  it worked  may it will with the  iplot..

    Alternative would be  to put all true type on a specific  level  unique to te true type.. then use a custom pentable to control the  weights etc via the  level..

    only  other  thing I could find was  in the printers help but it refers to  post script  printers  handling  of the true types fonts...

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