Possibility to create Text entity with Font attribute

• Official comment

  

  Alberto Bencivenni

  April 07, 2017 06:47

  This is now included in the product.
• 

  James Trounson

  February 21, 2017 01:27

  //This takes a True Type font and string and returns EntityList
  
  class ESFonts
   {
   public EntityList FromFont(Font font, String Text)
   {
   int fontStyle = (int)font.Style;
   int emSize = 1;
  
  StringFormat stringformat = StringFormat.GenericDefault;
   System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath graphicsPath = new System.Drawing.Drawing2D.GraphicsPath();
   if (Text != null)
   {
   PointF zero = new PointF();
   zero.X = zero.Y = 0;
   graphicsPath.AddString(Text, font.FontFamily, fontStyle, emSize, zero, stringformat);
   PointF[] pd = graphicsPath.PathPoints;
   byte[] types = graphicsPath.PathTypes;
   int size = pd.Count();
   return ConvertPointF_To_Mill(pd, types);
  
  }
   return null;
   }
  
  private EntityList ConvertPointF_To_Mill(PointF[] ptr, byte[] info)
   {
   EntityList cc = new EntityList();
   int controls = 0;
   int size = ptr.Count();
   if (size != info.Count()) return null;
   int laststarti = 0;
   for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
   {
   ptr[i] = FlipPoint(ptr[i]);
   byte type = (byte)(info[i] & 0x03);
   if (type == (byte)PathPointType.Line)
   {
   Point3D espt1 = new Point3D(ptr[i - 1].X, ptr[i - 1].Y);
   Point3D espt0 = new Point3D(ptr[i - 0].X, ptr[i - 0].Y);
   Line l = new Line(espt1, espt0);
   cc.Add(l);
   }
   else if (type == (byte)PathPointType.Start)
   {
   laststarti = i;
   }
   else if (type == (byte)PathPointType.Bezier)
   {
   if (controls == 2)
   {
   Point3D espt3 = new Point3D(ptr[i - 3].X, ptr[i - 3].Y);
   Point3D espt2 = new Point3D(ptr[i - 2].X, ptr[i - 2].Y);
   Point3D espt1 = new Point3D(ptr[i - 1].X, ptr[i - 1].Y);
   Point3D espt0 = new Point3D(ptr[i - 0].X, ptr[i - 0].Y);
   Curve c = new Curve(3, new Point3D[] { espt3, espt2, espt1, espt0 });
   cc.Add(c);
   controls = 0;
   }
   else if (controls > 0)
   controls++;
   else
   {
   controls = 1;
   }
   }
   if ((info[i] & 0x80) != 0)
   {
   Point3D espt1 = new Point3D(ptr[laststarti].X, ptr[laststarti].Y);
   Point3D espt0 = new Point3D(ptr[i - 0].X, ptr[i - 0].Y);
   Line l = new Line(espt1, espt0);
   cc.Add(l);
   }
   }
   return cc;
   }
   private PointF FlipPoint(PointF point)
   {
   point.X = point.X;
   point.Y = -point.Y ;
   return point;
   }
   }

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• 

  James Trounson

  March 25, 2020 04:46

  Hi Alberto,

  You mentioned above this is now included in Eyeshot which is great. Can you provide where we can find this?

  I am trying to produce Text on a curve exactly like your sample program "TextOnCurve" only I would like to be able to select a true type font.

   

  Thanks for any advise

  -Jas

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• 

  Alberto Bencivenni

  March 27, 2020 10:51

  Hi Jas,

  You need to create a TextStyle first and add it to the Model.TextStyles master collection.

  Alberto

   

   

   

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  James Trounson

  March 27, 2020 17:04

  Thanks, I understand now. It works well...

  -Jas

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