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Craig Matheny
11-17-2011, 5:01 PM
I am looking for a Macro that will do a couple of things

set the font to a set height
make the edges of the letters in a word touch each other so automatically close the spacing
Break apart the word
weld the letters and fill in the merged area with a colored line
create a square around it with a hole in the corner
This is the wish list...
The attached PDF will show what I need

Know what can be done?213135

Doug Griffith
11-17-2011, 5:59 PM
From a programming standpoint (and I've done quite a bit of it) there is going to be a few tough hurdles to get over:

1. set the font to a set height
- no problem

2. make the edges of the letters in a word touch each other so automatically close the spacing
- very difficult because font metrics are not consistent between different typefaces so edge detection would be needed. Edge detection is what makes nesting software so difficult to program.

3. Break apart the word
- probably scriptable

4. weld the letters and fill in the merged area with a colored line
- probably scriptable

5. create a square around it with a hole in the corner
- creating the square relates to #2. The hole is no problem.

Craig Matheny
11-17-2011, 6:28 PM
Hmmm Back to the drawing board for awhile