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Symbol Font Size

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By engco431 - 4/17/2017 5:16:46 PM

Hello,
I‌ just opened an existing project to continue working and find that all the symbols in the block schematic view have now acquired very very small text on the IO and symbol labels.  It is much like a scale command has been used to reduce the symbol size yet the overall symbol outline remains unchanged.  If I drag in a new copy of the same symbol the font size appears as expected and the overall symbol size is identical.  This is on both native and user created symbols.  I could just replace them all, but that's a big deal with a high volume of symbols.  Anyone see this before / know if there is a way to correct it?

Screenshot shows example.  Top symbol is just added, lower one was existing in the drawing.  Both are the same symbol from the Stardraw Products Library.

‌‌As a side note, would enabling symbol font size adjustment be possible in a future update?  I often find myself using what I would call "large symbols of low value to the drawing" - things that have a lot of IO and take up a lot of real estate on the page, but I'm only connecting one or two cables to them.  I often scale these items and it would be nice to be able to keep the font consistent.  Thanks.
By engco431 - 4/18/2017 2:51:08 AM

I've been able to re-create this.  It is after using an auto-recovered backup.  I recalled that I experienced a PC issue the previous time I worked on this file (lockup caused by another program).  I had rebooted and restored the auto-recovered file just to see how much time I lost.  I only glanced quickly and did not notice the font issue - just saved the progress and stopped my work out of frustration.  That was a few days ago, and I only noticed the font size issue when I resumed work today.  As an experiment, I opened another file long enough for a recovery version to be created and then forcefully killed the program task.  Upon recovering the backup, the font size has once again been reduced.  If anyone has time, can you verify this on another machine?

T‌‌hanks!
By Rob Robinson - 4/18/2017 5:40:22 AM

Interesting.  2 questions:
1‌) In the Properties Grid | General Information, what is the value of Symbol Text Mode?
2) In the View menu is Enhanced Text Mode checked?

Y‌ou should find that if you uncheck View | Enhanced Text Mode and then recheck it, the symbol IO labels will be restored to their 'enhanced' height.