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can anyone explain why the measurements are out on text ?
Afternoon everyone. Another Corel problem.
I’ve managed to find the settings in Corel Draw X3 to change the preferred
settings from ‘points’ to ‘millimetres’.I need to type a 400mm high letter on the screen so put ‘400mm’ in the
appropriate box, BUT the text when typed is only 275mm ??? It’s an
uppercase letter so surely should be 400mm ??It does this on any font and never actually ‘comes out’ as the size i’ve asked.
Does anyone know if i’m doing anything wrong, or why this is doing this ?
cheers muchly !!
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7 Replies
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This actually is as designed. Signmakers measure the cap as the height but in the printing industry the type size is taken with accenders and descenders taken into consideration. Easiest way is to put an H of the required font on screen – size it to required size – read off the point/mm size and then use that for the remainder of text, long winded but a way to do it.
Alan D -
Hi Alan, thanks for the explanation. That makes sense I suppose.
I’ll have to keep an eye out when i’m typing stuff out.
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Thanks Alan, Ive just been drawing a rectangle of the right height and making the text fit. Said rectangle is then expanded slightly to make a weed box!
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quote Graeme Harrold:Thanks Alan, Ive just been drawing a rectangle of the right height and making the text fit. Said rectangle is then expanded slightly to make a weed box!yep.. rectangle is the only way or rulars/guides etc.
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quote Dave Rowland:quote Graeme Harrold:Thanks Alan, Ive just been drawing a rectangle of the right height and making the text fit. Said rectangle is then expanded slightly to make a weed box!yep.. rectangle is the only way or rulars/guides etc.
unless you use signlab, then you can type at any size, then specify a measurement for a given line or length, and all changes in proportion..
Peter
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if you want to do specific sizes then the property bar is your friend.
depending on font type a capital A or D or X pull to the correct size then carry on typing.
if C O or descenders are used the value will alter but still correct to what you set.beware that the line length includes the before spacing of the first character.and can be a long way out. to get a exact length convert momentarily to curves.
the shape tool will show you where the control node is and is the point that the length is measured from.just another way round it
chris
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Good method Chris, as far as I’m aware only the bespoke sign software sizes text as a signmaker would expect (not as a printer would though) FWIW it has been a topic of discussion within the Corel forums and I will keep on plugging away for a ‘sign mode’ as I think it is relevant considering the number of copies of Corel found in signshops
Alan D
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