Specifying Text & Units

Type the text you want to import into the Text Input Area. Start with just a few characters so you can get accustomed to the speed at which Alibre Design imports curves and polylines. Note that complicated fonts, such as decorative scripts or fonts with "rough" edges (e.g. handwriting simulation), are defined by a large number of lines and splines, and may take considerably longer to import.

Next select the units you wish to use to describe the height of the font when it's imported. Text Import Wizard supports an unusually wide variety of units =). The units you select need not be the units of your drawing. You'll actually specify the font size in the next step.

• Centimeters (cm)
• Decimeters (dm)
• Meters (m)
• Inches (in)
• Feet (ft)
• Yards (yd)
• Links (surveying)
• Chains (ch, surveying)
• Fathoms (nautical)
• Hands (horses)
• Mils (tolerances)
• Points (typography)
• Rod (rd); Pole; Perch

Because of the variety of different ways fonts can be measured, the rendered font will be approximately the size you specify.