Big brackets/braces, how to draw in Dia?

2014-03-28 Thread Chris Green
I want some big brackets (as in very tall { and } characters), can anyone suggest a way to draw them easily? It's basically a long line with a collection of quarter circles attached so I guess I could do it that way but it feels a bit clumsy. -- Chris Green __

Re: Big brackets/braces, how to draw in Dia?

2014-03-28 Thread Michael Ross
I see you are struggling with how shapes scale uniformly, and simultaneously, horizontally and vertically - but, you want one that selectively scales vertically but only the line's length, not their width, and the circles not at all. I am not much of a shape maker, but I can imagine the programmin

Re: Big brackets/braces, how to draw in Dia?

2014-03-28 Thread Martin Wichmann
Hi, > I want some big brackets (as in very tall { and } characters), can > anyone suggest a way to draw them easily? It's basically a long line > with a collection of quarter circles attached so I guess I could do it > that way but it feels a bit clumsy. It's difficult, but I used bezier curves f

Re: Some text not printing correctly, letters overprint

2014-03-28 Thread Michael Ross
I have had similar problems, but I can't remember details. Basically, the view does not always represent what will print. Definitely, Win7 has been better than Win NT or XP. I rarely have printing difficulties. I have worked around by trying to export and print from a different program - like ma

Re: Big brackets/braces, how to draw in Dia?

2014-03-28 Thread Chris Green
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 02:42:22PM +0100, Martin Wichmann wrote: > Hi, > > > I want some big brackets (as in very tall { and } characters), can > > anyone suggest a way to draw them easily? It's basically a long line > > with a collection of quarter circles attached so I guess I could do it > > t

Some text not printing correctly, letters overprint

2014-03-28 Thread Chris Green
I have a moderately complex diagram describing the connections on a multiway plug. There are texts labelling the various connections and wires. Most of them print correctly but some labels are mis-formatted:- Yellow - The Y prints over the e and the label is shifted to the right Red - Th

Re: Big brackets/braces, how to draw in Dia?

2014-03-28 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Chris Green! > I want some big brackets (as in very tall { and } characters), can > anyone suggest a way to draw them easily? It's basically a long line > with a collection of quarter circles attached so I guess I could do it > that way but it feels a bit clumsy. If you would specify,

Re: Some text not printing correctly, letters overprint

2014-03-28 Thread Octavio Alvarez
On 28/03/14 09:06, Chris Green wrote: > I have a moderately complex diagram describing the connections on a > multiway plug. > <> > AGND - The A prints partially over the G > VADC - The V prints over the A and the label is shifted to the right > > This happens on two different printers so