Hi,
        I have a situation here that I believe can be remedied by
     decompiling, adding and recompiling a text font in Autocad.  We are
     using Veribest as a layout tool and we do our documentation in Autocad
     (don't ask why).

        Veribest treats the symbols on a drill chart as a custom font
     called 120-drill.  When a DXF is run to Autocad the font is mapped to
     the Autocad "TEXT STYLE" of STANDARD.  There appears to be no way to
     change the "TEXT STYLE" mapping.  The default font for the STANDARD
     TEXT STYLE in Autocad is txt.shx.

        To this end I created a custom font called drill.shx that contained
     just the drill symbols.  I created this font with share ware called
     FONTGEN. This worked pretty slick except for one thing.

        My problem is that if I change my STANDARD TEXT STYLE font to to
     drill.shx all text on existing drawings changes to drill symbols, if I
     leave the STANDARD TEXT STYLE as txt.shx my drill symbols change to
     letters.

        I believe my solution is to append my drill.shx font to the unused
     ASCII characters of the txt.shx font and use character mapping in the
     dxf output.  Has anyone done this or know of anyone who has?  Does
     anyone have access to an Autocad users group?

                                        Thanks,
                                                Rob

     ROBERT J BUTTERWORTH
     CAD DESGIN ENGINEER
     11 FAIRFIELD BLVD
     WALLINGFORD, CT 06492

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