NX 9 Standard fonts Line width

[RAMNX]

Hi All,
In NX 9 two types of fonts are available 'Standard' and 'NX fonts'. NX Fonts line widths are showing Thin, Normal and Thick and Standard fonts line widths are showing Regular,Bold,Italic,Bold Italic. Is there any setting to get 'Thin' line width for Standard Fonts? The reason I am asking is 'Standard fonts' with 'Regular' line widths are too thick in the display and drawings are not looking good. Attached image is an exapmle. Could any body help in this issue. Thank you in advance.

Ram K
NX 9,TeamCenter
Mechanical Design

 

[Toost]

This is a long story....
Before NX8.5 (?) all text on drawings in NX where in "Unigraphics font". This font was developed way back when all printing /plotting was done on pen plotters. - The font definition was the centerline of the pen placement/movement. Plus the information on which pen to use when plotting. NX then had three pen thicknesses to choose from , thin/normal/thick .( This is why the width of that type text doesn't scale when zoomed.) If you would make the characters italic, NX would slant the individual character.

In NX8.5 (?) True Type texts where introduced in NX drawings. The definition of this type text isn't the centerline but the outline of the character. Plus the information if the character should be filled or not. The font file itself carries information on how the characters should look when italic or bold or bold and italic.

NX8.5(?) and later can use both types of fonts. The old style and the de facto standard true type.
But, the setting Width = Thin/Normal/Thick only applies to the Unigraphics type font.


Regards,
Tomas

 

[RAMNX]

Tomas
Thank you for the explanation of the entire picture. I understand that there is no setting to minimize 'Standard fonts' line width.
Is there any setting to print PDFs in thin line width? I tried File-> Export-> PDF-> Widths-> Singe Width-> User-Defined (Input a value of .25mm).
But in the PDF file 'Standard Font' lettering is thicker than 'NX Font'. Any help is greatly appreciated.


Ram K
NX 9,TeamCenter
Mechanical Design

 

[BubbaK]

A character in an NX font consists of single strokes.

A character in a standard TrueType font (almost always) consists of an outline that is then filled in with "ink".

So, the "standard" fonts are always going to look fatter.