iconeo Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 I was just curious as to what others use as their default font? We use Arial.ttf Quote
ReMark Posted October 29, 2015 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
iconeo Posted October 29, 2015 Author Posted October 29, 2015 I could only wish we didn't use ttf fonts. They suck so hard in CAD. Quote
rkent Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 Arial.ttf I don't see any problems with ttf here. Quote
iconeo Posted October 29, 2015 Author Posted October 29, 2015 You've never had scaling issues or ever needed to add an angle symbol? Lucky... Quote
rkent Posted October 29, 2015 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
BIGAL Posted October 30, 2015 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
howitzer Posted November 19, 2015 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
tombu Posted November 19, 2015 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
Squirltech Posted November 19, 2015 Posted November 19, 2015 We use ROMANS as a company standard. Quote
Ski_Me Posted November 23, 2015 Posted November 23, 2015 City blueprint but changing to arial drawing by drawing Quote
jagwinn Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 tombu, Is that Swis721 Lt BT? That is a nice fit. John Quote
jamos Posted February 21, 2016 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
tombu Posted February 22, 2016 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
rkmcswain Posted February 22, 2016 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
guran Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 We use isocp.shx, and symbol for special characters. Quote
tzframpton Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 Arial with a 0.8 width. Clean, crisp, legible and compatible with all versions of Windows. Quote
TheCADnoob Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 we do simplex, but its not a strict adherence. written communications is Arial though. Quote
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