example text in large area to be printed to ISO A1 scale 1_1000.dgn
Attached example file
Hi all
I have an question regarding how to remain font sharpness for font when plot to pdf in large area with small papersize.
If you have ex. 5km x 1km area with text that is size 1m in widht and high, how do you get the text to be nice and you can read it?
Example:
3800m widht and 1800m high area what I want to plot to an A1 paper size but also to be able to read the text in every 10m sektion:
Here is an sample what I created when i changed the text size on an example lenght, text is from smallest 0.1m to large text 2.5 isch.
Here is the result just now:
Area:
Detail font examples from 0.1m to 2.5m isch in dgn file, i Have done this to create the same effect in small area as it would be :3800m widht and 1800m high area .
Result within same narrow area in pdf:
When I try to take the whole 3800m widht and 1800m area none of the normal sized (0.9m) txt size cant be read, they are just crap text, you can not define any text in pdf. attach the result from the small area
Text sharpness when print large sheet_how to solve this.pdf
In Autocad you can play with the resulution and that helps in Autocad to solve this issue (print to pdf with resolution 4800x4800) but the resolution in Microstation is only for raster? or is it??. What I seek is similar option setting as in Autocad, they have one resolution for vector (as the font is) and one for raster what I have tested to be best as 600dpi so the file doesn´t grow so big if you have an raster file as raster referens to your plot/print to pdf.
Hope that the example file and screen shots are describing enough.
Best regards
Tom
Open the printer driver configuration editor and look under "Driver Properties" for a config property named "Precision". The default value is "Standard". Anything else will improve the quality of text at the expense of larger PDF file sizes. In most cases "Improved" is the optimal setting to address text quality alone.
From the documentation:
This property controls the number of digits placed after the decimal point in coordinates written to the PDF file. Higher precision improves print quality, especially for TrueType text, at the expense of larger PDF file sizes.
The default precision, Standard, is designed to produce the smallest PDF file size with good text quality at printer resolution. PDF coordinates are rounded to 1/10th of a point. At high zoom levels in a PDF viewer, text may appear slightly deformed.
If the precision is set to Improved, text coordinates are rounded to 1/100th of a point while other coordinates are rounded to 1/10th of a point. This setting is designed to balance text quality at high zoom levels with PDF file size. PDF file sizes may be between 10-25% larger than when using Standard precision.
If the precision is set to High, all coordinates are rounded to 1/100th of a point. PDF file sizes may be between 20-50% larger than when using Standard precision.
If the precision is set to Maximum, no coordinates are rounded. PDF file sizes may be between 30-80% larger than when using Standard precision.
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Answer Verified By: Tom
0045.example text in large area to be printed to ISO A1 scale 1_1000.dgn
Updated example file. What settings do you use to get this rektangle in example file printed to A1 and get the perfekt text/font result?
//Tom
Where do you find:"config property named "Precision". ?
I don´t find it:
Precision is the third entry under "Driver Properties" in your image.
MaryB
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