Some languages, such as Japanese, use text fonts with thousands of non-ASCII characters. In order for drawings to contain such text, the product supports a special form of shape definition file called a Big Font file.
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About Defining a Big Font
Special codes in the first line of a Big Font file specify how to read two-byte hexadecimal codes.
About Defining 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.
About Using Big Font Text in a Drawing
A Big Font file can be used for drawing text by creating a text style with the STYLE command that specifies the name of the Big Font file.