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About George Reid
Expertise
All Isometric drawing in a 2D cad system. 3D modeling in AutoCad (not LT), CATIA, and some SolidWorks.

Experience
From the days of drawing on paper with pencil. Began CAD work about 1988.

Education/Credentials
On the job training and self-taught

 
   

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AutoCAD - About Fonts


Expert: George Reid - 8/13/2009

Question
How to download fonts to Autocad, is there any link to download.

Please tell me, In my co., we are using different types of fonts but I am not getting proper fonts through Autocad Default fonts.  

Answer
Fonts are usually installed with the printer drivers, although Windows also installs some fonts. Also, they are installed with your word processor. The fonts are stored in a single place and all programs have access to them. If you open your word processor and look at the fonts, they are the same ones available to Autocad. Sometimes, different printers will install their fonts elsewhere and you will need to change the default printer to see the other font set.

If you have a large plotter installed, possibly you didn't get any default fonts and only get the few installed with Autocad. If you install the driver for a standard office printer you will have many fonts. I use Romans for nearly everything in Autocad but there are many others available to me also. They were installed partly with a printer and partly with my word processor.

I hope this helps.

George Reid
Reid Engineering Services
Ogden, Utah, USA

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