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Expert: - 9/13/2006


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Aloha from Hawaii,

I am using AutoCAD 2006. My employer wants me to use a font which was not included with the program. I asked another draftsman to send me the font, which he did via email. But now I am not sure how to get the font "into" AutoCAD so that I can use it.My fellow draftsperson sent me seven files total: archstyl.shx, ARCHISEL.SHX, BOLD.SHX, architxt.shx, ARCHQUIK.SHX, ARCHTITL.SHX, ARCHTXT.SHX.I'm also not sure why he sent me seven files. Are all of these needed to use the font, or are they all separate fonts? And how do I get the font(s) "into" AutoCAD so that I can select it and use it in drawings?

Thanks!
Shaun  

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Shaun
Aloha.
I use the same fonts.  I place them in a folder I reserve for special fonts.  C:\SPECFONT  Then I include that folder in the Support File Search Path.  Then I get out of AutoCAD and get back into it and voilá.

Let me know if you need an explanation of how to include another folder in the Support File Search Path.

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