Hypertherm Phoenix 8.0 - Manual (Page 481)

Program Codes
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Refer to the ASCII Codes section of this guide for additional ASCII code information.
Font programs may be saved on the control hard drive by creating a folder labeled “Fonts”
using the “Save to Disk” feature and saving the font programs within this folder. Remember, if
a corresponding part file to text requested is not found at the selected source location, the
internal font file will be used.
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Custom Fonts
As previously noted, customer-selected custom fonts can be used when using the marker font
generator. To construct these font files, certain guidelines should be adhered to.
1.
Programming format must be EIA
2. Only M09 and M10 maybe used to enable and disable the marker.
3. Only G00, G01, G02 and G03 codes may be used.
4. The program must end in an M02.
5. The proper file name must be assigned to the font program.
6. The font program
UUU
must
UUU
begin in the lower left and end in the lower right.
7. Font programs should have the consistent dimensional limits (i.e. 1’ high, etc.).
Example: The letter “B” – File Name Ascii66.txt
M09
G01 X0 Y1
G01 X0.321429 Y0
G02 X0 Y-0.5 I0 J-0.25
G01 X-0.321429 Y0
M10
G00 X0.321429 Y0
M09
G02 X0 Y-0.5 I0 J-0.25
G01 X-0.321429 Y0
M10
G00 X0.571 Y0
M02
The darker lines in the drawing represent the Traverse segment and the lighter lines represent
the Marking lines. You can see by this illustration that at the end of the font program, a
traverse is used to continue motion to the bottom right corner.
Note: The Burny 3/5 style of programming for the Marker Font Generator feature is also
supported for the default internal font source.