Low tech robot numbers aren't that easy

[jvriezen]

When reading the rules, I made the assumption that the blue box under R2 was implying that you could just select the suggested font and size, print in landscape and quickly print your legal team number on any typical laser printer on 8.5x11 paper.

I actually tried this with our team number (4859) and it took me about 5 attempts to meet all the requirements.

For my setup, using MS Word 2013, Landscape setup, I set the font to Impact, size 323, and then had to go to the Advanced tab in Font settings, set Spacing to Condensed, and set the Condensed 'By:' value to 10 pt. (Larger number here scrunches numbers together more) I set margins to 1".

This satisfied nearly everything-- the left margin was slightly < 1" and a small portion of the '5' where the curved part meets the vertical and the small join point on the '9' was < .5".

Oh, and the font color was black and the paper was white 8.5"x11"

I arrived at the font size by printing in the recommended point size which was bigger than needed, and then calculating the percentage overage, and using that to determine the point size that would result in 3.5" numbers exactly (and suprisingly, .5" stroke on the narrowest sustained stroke.) I guess the recommended 362 pt font may meet the .5" stroke.

Of course, if you print on wider paper (e.g. 8.5 x 14) then you can use a larger font, but I have access to lamination at only 8.5 x 11.