Corel X3 Font Measurements Not What They Are

[Chuck Patterson]

Why is it that when I make the font size 1" it really isn't 1". It is more like .716".

Is there a way to fix this?

[greg lindsey]

I'm sure there is an easier way, but I just drag it to the correct size. untill someone here chimes in with a better way. :)

[Chuck Patterson]

You would think that if you assign it a specific size it should be that size. Why call it 1" if it isn't?

[Martin Boekers]

Check and see what letters it does it on sometimes different letters are different heights in different fonts.

Does it do that in all fonts?

[Scott Shepherd]

1" would tell it that you want all fonts, lower case to the highest part of uppercase or dots on an "i" to be a total of 1" tall.

If you want a capital letter to be 1" tall, you'll have to be much larger. It covers all letters and numbers in that font, from top to bottom.

A rule of thumb that's close, but not perfect, is if you want a 1" tall letter, make it a 100pt font.If you want a 1/2" font, it's a 50 pt font. 3/8" would be 37pt font, etc.

[Martin Boekers]

You can check me on this, I'm running 12,

If you type in TNR ASDFG and size in the transform box to 1"

break apart text


A is .978
S is 1.0
D is .956
F is .956
G is 1.0


Should they all be 1" is there a setting I should use, or is this the design
of the Times New Roman Font?

Marty

[Chuck Patterson]

Here is what I got using Arial:

A is .995
S is 1.029
D is .995
F is .995
G is 1.029

In the font size box is say 1.391"

[Larry Alles]

If your unit of measure in the text is set to inches, then upper and lower case letters overall will measure 1 inch. If your unit of measure is in points, then your upper case letters will be 1 inch if you set the letter height to 100 points. Letters that have a rounded top or bottom will always measure taller then straight top letters. This is so the rounded letters don't look smaller then the flat top letters.

Look in the help topic and type in "unit of measure", It will tell you how to change from inches to points. Hope this helps.

[Martin Boekers]

Here is what I got using Arial:

A is .995
S is 1.029
D is .995
F is .995
G is 1.029

In the font size box is say 1.391"


I did it in Arial sized it to 1" in the transform scale box to 1"
and I got

A .967
S 1.0
D .967
F .967
G 1.0

I'm running 12

I have had issues with the sizing box before, a restart of Corel usually
took care of it. If it doesn't you can try the F8 restart Corel, that sets
it to the factory defaults (you'll have to go back and put you defaults
back though)


Marty

[Martin Boekers]

If your unit of measure in the text is set to inches, then upper and lower case letters overall will measure 1 inch. If your unit of measure is in points, then your upper case letters will be 1 inch if you set the letter height to 100 points. Letters that have a rounded top or bottom will always measure taller then straight top letters. This is so the rounded letters don't look smaller then the flat top letters.

Look in the help topic and type in "unit of measure", It will tell you how to change from inches to points. Hope this helps.


I guess that's why the G and S are larger then the other letters.

[Scott Shepherd]

That's just how fonts are made, here's a link to an illustration about it....

http://www.fontshop.com/glossary.php?def=font

[Robert Walters]

CAD programs will do what you want, but graphic programs typically don't.

I create a box of the size I want the text to be, then stretch/scale the text to fit the box.

Yes, it's cumbersome, but "it works for me".

[Chuck Patterson]

Thank you everyone for your help and input.