Coosbaylumber Posted May 19, 2011 Posted May 19, 2011 Got three questions regarding older typewritten text..... What is the current font in SHP or Tru-type fashion? What is normal height for capitol or lower case letters? What is normal leading or spacing between lines of text? Wm. Quote
ReMark Posted May 19, 2011 Posted May 19, 2011 (edited) The font is called Courier. It is commonly produced in 12 pt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courier_%28typeface%29 There are 12 points to a pica. (1 point = 1⁄72 inches = 25.4⁄72 mm = 0.3527 mm) Courier has mostly been replaced by Courier New even in AutoCAD. It is a TrueType font. A capitol is 3/32nds in height. Line spacing is 7/64ths of an inch. A lower case 's' is about 1/16th of an inch. Edited May 19, 2011 by ReMark Quote
Coosbaylumber Posted May 19, 2011 Author Posted May 19, 2011 Although I am converting this, the sexytary says a flat no as to it being courier, as that was popular in the 1970's but this is even earlier and dates from around 1950 I think. Back when we had manual, and not IBM selectric typewritters. I was using a Romans typeface set at .060 high, but that looks screwy now, leading wrong, and overall length wrong. Wm. Quote
Dana W Posted May 19, 2011 Posted May 19, 2011 If you have it on paper, you can scan it or have it scanned to MS Word and convert it to any font you like. Quote
SLW210 Posted May 19, 2011 Posted May 19, 2011 Although I am converting this, the sexytary says a flat no as to it being courier, as that was popular in the 1970's but this is even earlier and dates from around 1950 I think. Back when we had manual, and not IBM selectric typewritters. I was using a Romans typeface set at .060 high, but that looks screwy now, leading wrong, and overall length wrong. Wm. See if this helps Old Typewriter Fonts Quote
BIGAL Posted May 20, 2011 Posted May 20, 2011 Some people liked the hand drawn look for text so theres a font called handrawn. The final text look is really up to what you want or wether you are meeting a drafting standard a couple of good ones crayon, kinder, barbwire. Quote
Jack_O'neill Posted May 20, 2011 Posted May 20, 2011 There is a true type font in Word called Century: Quote
ReMark Posted May 20, 2011 Posted May 20, 2011 It really begs the question...why are you going through all this in the first place? It is, after all, the year 2011. Do you really need to reproduce a typeface from the 1950's? Is the reccipient even going to care/notice? Quote
ReMark Posted May 20, 2011 Posted May 20, 2011 The Courier font was developed in the 1950's not in the 70's for use in the IBM typewriter. Maybe you want to look at what was used for the old Royal or Olivetti-Underwood typewriters. Century Roman dates back to 1894. Maybe your secretary's typewriter does too. How old she anyway? Well over a hundred? LOL Quote
Coosbaylumber Posted May 20, 2011 Author Posted May 20, 2011 The Courier font was not mentioned as being developed in the 1970's only that it was available. Read through earlier posting. The old stuff does resemble that of Century Schoolbook. I got a poop sheet from the adult school that was once attended showing this font. I also got a TT to Acad font converter. Wm. Quote
Jack_O'neill Posted May 20, 2011 Posted May 20, 2011 Do it with arial and let it go. When they call to complain say "This ain't burger king. You get it my way or not at all". That will make them smile:lol: Quote
ReMark Posted May 20, 2011 Posted May 20, 2011 Century Schoolbook is already available as a TrueType font in AutoCAD so why does it have to be converted to a SHX font? Are there differences in the way each looks? Quote
Jack_O'neill Posted May 20, 2011 Posted May 20, 2011 Century Schoolbook is already available as a TrueType font in AutoCAD so why does it have to be converted to a SHX font? Are there differences in the way each looks? Looks the same on my screen. I forgot it was available in Autocad, and for some reason didn't think to look. All my customers have thier own templates, and I created one for myself, but I haven't actually looked at autocad fonts in a year. I just use what's in the template. Quote
ReMark Posted May 20, 2011 Posted May 20, 2011 Coos: Why reinvent the wheel unless you like round objects that much? Go to Frampton Tanner's website and download, for free, Century.shx and be done with it. Start with this link... http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?39712-762-SHX-AutoCAD-Fonts&highlight=fonts Quote
Coosbaylumber Posted May 23, 2011 Author Posted May 23, 2011 Century Schoolbook is already available as a TrueType font in AutoCAD so why does it have to be converted to a SHX font? Are there differences in the way each looks? Conveniently tend to omit a word or two? If you will read again the initial question, it mentions OR and the conversion applies only to the one then. As to Jack, apparently he does not believe in or support any contract to make such a statement, written or not. Wm. Quote
Jack_O'neill Posted May 23, 2011 Posted May 23, 2011 Coos...post 11 was just a joke, hence the laughing smiley at the end. ----> Have a good evening. Lots of storms moving in here, may have to batten down the hatches! Quote
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