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Drawing Titles - Font size ?

Stress Co_
Advisor
I'm using "Basic Drawing Title" and can't figure how the title's font size relates to text placed on the layout.

What size do I set text in "Drawing Selection Settings" to match 9 pt text placed in the layout?

As you can see... 2.5 almost equals 9 pt.

Is trial and error the only way?

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Marc Corney, Architect
Red Canoe Architecture, P. A.

Mac OS 10.15.7 (Catalina) //// Mac OS 14.5 (Sonoma)
Processor: 3.6 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 //// Apple M2 Max
Memory: 48 GB 2667 MHz DDR4 //// 32 GB
Graphics: Radeon Pro 580X 8GB //// 12C CPU, 30C GPU
ArchiCAD 25 (5010 USA Full) //// ArchiCAD 27 (4030 USA Full)
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Anonymous
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Hi Marc,

I think the problem is that the Basic Drawing Title's font sizes are in millimeters, in which case you'd want the font size to be 3.175mm to equal 9pts or 1/8". This is a problem my office has experienced over and over again, where one text tool is in inches, another is in points, and yet another is in millimeters. Caused a lot of swearing before we got that organized. Now each of us has a little card next to our desks that has conversions for common text sizes in inches, points, and millimeters. E.g., 3/16" = 13.5pts = 4.7625mm. Cool? No. Effective? I guess.

good luck

Zolli
Stress Co_
Advisor
Exactly right. Thanks Zolli
Marc Corney, Architect
Red Canoe Architecture, P. A.

Mac OS 10.15.7 (Catalina) //// Mac OS 14.5 (Sonoma)
Processor: 3.6 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 //// Apple M2 Max
Memory: 48 GB 2667 MHz DDR4 //// 32 GB
Graphics: Radeon Pro 580X 8GB //// 12C CPU, 30C GPU
ArchiCAD 25 (5010 USA Full) //// ArchiCAD 27 (4030 USA Full)