Powerpoint might be a better alternative. It lets you place text at whatever angle you like with whatever font you have installed on your computer.
I recently constructed the graphics for the meter in my Hickok 752A and used Python and the SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) library to produce the lines, arcs, text, etc. The resulting file can be taken into Inkscape and then output to a file format compatible with Powerpoint. From there, it can printed on whatever media you like. I chose to produce a laser-printed water-slide decal. Kind of a long route to take to get there but it was worth it as trying to recreate all those tiny lines at the correct angle, size, position, etc., would be extremely tedious. The meter looks very nice and the scales are accurate as well.
Barry - N4BUQ
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Leo,
Your artwork looks great. Thanks for posting the Word file you created. I wasn't
aware that Word could be used to place the numeral around the circular skirt in
that rotational manner. If you can explain a little about the process to do
that with Word, I'd really appreciate learning about that.
Cheers,
Tom
