Some languages, such as Japanese, use text fonts with thousands of non-ASCII characters. In order for drawings to contain such text, AutoCAD supports a special form of shape definition file called a Big Font file.
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Define a Big Font
Special codes in the first line of a Big Font file specify how to read two-byte hexidecimal codes.
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Define an Extended Big Font File
To reduce the size of composite Kanji characters, you can define an extended Big Font file. Extended big fonts use the subshape code, followed immediately by a 0.
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Use Big Font Text in a Drawing
To use a Big Font for drawing text, you set up a text style and then specify the name of the Big Font file.
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Use a Big Font to Extend a Font
To include special symbols in text strings, you can use a Big Font instead of extending a standard text font.