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Centering text when only using a single letter
I am creating a model where a single letter must be extruded on the center of a part. This has been defeating me for a while. I have tried using both the text sketch tool and the Surface Text feature. Both of these tools result in a left justified letter using all font types.
Text tool generates a left justified letter when text box is centered
Surprisingly, surface text actually won't allow you to generate just a single letter at all
Does anyone know of a way to generate a single letter with single alignment? I wouldn't have expected this to be a limiting factor of OnShape. Alternatively, are there any tools outside of OnShape that I can use to generate text in uniform fashion for this project? This project will require a lot of letters so I am open to ideas. I have not been able to find any forum topics on this function specifically.
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Very interesting. I tried this out with a few different letters. It's definitely a problem with some characters, but not all. At the very least, there's something odd about 'A' and 'X'. I didn't do an exhaustive search, but perhaps this has something to do with the way that kerning is handled internally?
@jnewth_onshape ?