Thanks Andrew, Good catch, code changed to reflect your comment. Binary also recompiled and posted.
Cheers, Mark Andrew wrote: > Thanks again Mark. > > Just a small oops. The two usage messages are different - only one of them > includes the units option. > > > On Sunday 20 Jun 2010, Mark Thomas wrote: > >> New development version released to include the ability to use inches >> (flag -i) on the command line. Also fixed a problem with the offset >> calculation when using inches. >> >> http:co-japan.com/metalworking >> >> Correct file is tttscale-002.c >> >> Cheers, >> >> Mark >> >> Mark Thomas wrote: >> >>> Andrew wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Mark. >>>> >>>> I've taken the liberty of modifying the code to allow input from stdin. >>>> >>>> http://www.andyshelley.co.uk/tttscale.c >>>> >>>> On Thursday 17 Jun 2010, Mark Thomas wrote: >>>> >>>>> Not sure how many of you use Chris Radek's truetype-tracer program, but >>>>> I do use it a fair bit. The one thing I've wanted to do is be able to >>>>> set a scale to the output. Of course you can rescale in any cad >>>>> program, but I thought it might be convenient to be able to generate to >>>>> a scale or overall length. >>>>> >>>>> Decided to hobble up a little utility program that will do just that, >>>>> I've called it tttscale and it intended to be used only with the file >>>>> generated by truetype-tracer-dxf. >>>>> >>>>> The program lets you specify the overal length of the string along the >>>>> X axis, as well as letting you specify an X and Y offset. I've tested >>>>> the output with qcad and dxf2gcode and haven't had a problem. >>>>> >>>>> I've stressed tested it a bit generating some very large font strings >>>>> (150 meters in length) and some very small (0.1mm) nice thing about >>>>> true type fonts is that they scale beautifully. >>>>> >>>>> If you'd like to give it a go you can download the c source file from: >>>>> >>>>> http://co-japan.com/metalworking >>>>> >>>>> I've include compiling instructions at the top of the file. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Mark >>>>> >>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> ---- --- ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate >>>>> GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the >>>>> lucky parental unit. 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