Re: Re: No text including Measurement text???

c.wedemeyer wrote:
>
> --- In qcad-user-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:qcad-user%40yahoogroups.com>, 
> Frank <Frank@...> wrote:
> >
> > Newbie alert!
> >
> > QCad is the first program I am aware of having compiled on my Linux box.
> >
> > The exercise in itself was a great way to learn this stuff and I
> > appreciate the opportunity.
> >
> > Why? Because everything had been made quite clear within the README
> > installation instructions. Thanks.
> >
> > I had no errors and everything appeared to work OK, and the Preview
> > Scale Time thing has me hooked. I'll be treating myself this Xmas by
> > purchasing so as to support this worthwhile endeavour.
> >
> > It seems that I still have some learning to do however. When I go for
> > measurements I get extensions, arrows, etc. but no numbers (text)?
>
> In my case, I have to go for <Edit> -> <Drawing Preferences> ->
> <Measurement (or the like)>. There I choose "proportional" and change
> the text size like I want it to be. Atferwards it works at my QCAD.
>
> The background is that the text size is set in mm and my drawing is in
> meters. So there was a measurementtext, but so little that I could ot
> see it. You have to adjust the mesurement unit to the unit in which
> you are drawing.
>
> I hope it was at least a bit clear what I mean.
>
> Regards
>
> c.wedemeyer
>
>  
Another thought is that your PATH setup within QCAD might not be 
pointing to your font files, therefore QCAD might not be able to find 
any fonts. I had this problem earlier on with QCAD but have not seen it 
for a while now.

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