Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
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Is there a font in NX that will display uppercase letters no matter whether the user inputs lower or upper case? All of our NX inputs use caps (file name, drafting inputs, etc) but for e-mails and such, remembering to turn on/off caps is a pain.
A thread from 09Nov12 addressed this, but when I open the .fnx file in notepad it's jibberish. Any help would be appreciated.
A thread from 09Nov12 addressed this, but when I open the .fnx file in notepad it's jibberish. Any help would be appreciated.





RE: Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
Take the file and run it through the NX font converter program to see the readable source.
Or just install the .fnx file, make it your default and try it. ☺
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RE: Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
RE: Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
RE: Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
RE: Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
RE: Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
RE: Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
Copy the existing ideas_iso.fnx file so you have a copy.
Take the ideas_iso.fnx file and run it through the converter to make a ideas_iso.fnt file.
Open the ideas_iso.fnt in a text editor and chaneg all the letter definitions so upper and lower are all upper line strokes.
Cloase and save the file.
Convert it back to ideas_iso.fnx.
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
RE: Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
RE: Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
Anything else I can do? I'd rather learn it then have to lean of someone else to take time from their day.
RE: Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
navigate to the folder with ugfontc.exe
run ugfontc.exe from the command window
it should list an error code/reason
if not, try running ugfontc.exe -help and see if there is some help inormation in the program
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli
RE: Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
Listed under each of the CHAR 'x' are LM, #, #, and LD, #, #, and I'm not seeing a correlation to distinguish uppercase/lowercase. Can I copy the for each of the CHAR, 'x' LD numbers from the sent blockfont file into the same CHAR, 'x' in the ideas_iso file?
Rob Lawrence
RE: Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
The fonts only have X and Y, no Z value.
Each individual character starts by : move to X,Y, then Draw line to X,Y, Draw line to X,Y , draw line to X,Y etc etc.
and yes you can copy from character to character, similar to:
CHAR, 'A',
**************** ( copy this section)
CHAR, 'a',
---------------- ( paste here)
CHAR, 'B', etc etc
Regards,
Tomas
RE: Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
Copy the LM/LD lines from the CHAR 'A' definition to the CHAR 'a' definition overwriting what is already there and repeat for the full alphabet.
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Ben Loosli
RE: Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
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RE: Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
"Can I copy the for each of the CHAR, 'x' LD numbers from the sent blockfont file into the same CHAR, 'x' in the ideas_iso file?"
Both yes and no, IF you can, you will get a visually identical letter in both fonts.
IF you cannot, ( John can probably clarify this if needed) Each font has/can have its own "units"/ "grid" which might mean that the coordinates ( the LM/LD ) might be to low or too high.
And, thanks John for the extra illumination on the subject
Btw, I have met a few former I-deas users who had selected the Ideas_Iso as their default, and the reason was the name of the font,..
If you are Europeean, - Have you tried the latin-extended font ? It's more similar to the Iso standard.
Regards,
Tomas
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RE: Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
Cadillacman, would you mind posting the file in case others want to use it?
RE: Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
Any ideas why when creating files in NX or TC the File ID and Name saves as uppercase, but the Description stays lowercase? The Description must pull from a different file other than blontfont.fnx but where and which one?
RE: Display uppercase letters even when input is lower case
Don't get Windows/TC UI display or even NX UI fonts confused with NX drafting fonts that use the proprietary *.fnx files. They are separate and the *.fnx files are internal to the drafting module of NX only. Even the fonts used for things like sketcher dimensions are using system level fonts and not the *.fnx files.
"Wildfires are dangerous, hard to control, and economically catastrophic."
Ben Loosli