iconeo Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 I was just curious as to what others use as their default font? We use Arial.ttf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 We use three fonts two of which are custom (i.e. - not shipped with AutoCAD). All of them are .shx; we do not use TrueType fonts in any drawing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconeo Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 I could only wish we didn't use ttf fonts. They suck so hard in CAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkent Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Arial.ttf I don't see any problems with ttf here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconeo Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 You've never had scaling issues or ever needed to add an angle symbol? Lucky... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkent Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 You've never had scaling issues or ever needed to add an angle symbol? Lucky... No scaling issues. The angle symbol is built into Mtext, so no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconeo Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 But centerline is so ugly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Their are extended characters in Arial you use the ALT key try press down and hold ALT type 0127 let go ALT Fontmap fontmap where are you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howitzer Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 We use ROMANS primarily. Which is fine, I don't have any issues with that, but they insist on a width factor of 1.0 which drives me up the wall. Too often space is an issue and a 1.0 width doesn't work well. I prefer a 0.85 width factor. Doesn't seem like much, but it does make a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombu Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 AutoCAD's TTF Swiss Lt BT is all I use, easy to read while taking up less space than any other font I've found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirltech Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 We use ROMANS as a company standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewbranson10 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 We use ROMANS here as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski_Me Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 City blueprint but changing to arial drawing by drawing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagwinn Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 tombu, Is that Swis721 Lt BT? That is a nice fit. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamos Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 SWISS 721 LtCnBT . biggest problem I usually am stuck with is the available space to make annotations in. I found that this font is easy to read and yet very compact. also it looks very professional. i used to use some other font, can't remember the name right now, it looked beautiful , but you must really concentrate to read it. then you miss the point. the purpose of drawings is to communicate information, so seek a font which is practical and easy to read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombu Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 tombu,Is that Swis721 Lt BT? That is a nice fit. John Yes. The condensed version of AutoCAD's TT font jamos is narrower which takes up less space at the same height, but it's not as readable to me as shorter Swis721 Lt BT that's the same size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkmcswain Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Previous department decided they would switch to a truetype font after years of using simplex.shx. For titles and cover sheets and notes, I could see it, but for everyday annotation on engineering drawings - TT fonts have drawbacks. Oh, well - not my problem any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guran Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 We use isocp.shx, and symbol for special characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Arial with a 0.8 width. Clean, crisp, legible and compatible with all versions of Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCADnoob Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 we do simplex, but its not a strict adherence. written communications is Arial though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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