Why use Big Fonts?

[Anonymous]

In using .shx fonts in AutoCAD 2002, actually ADT 3.3, why would you use Big
Fonts? In Architectural Working drawings for use in the US, English with
maybe some French or Spanish someday. Are there any special characters for
architectural drawings in there that can be accessed through a regular
keyboard? I think I get the idea about why they're needed for
Asian-language, and I'll tackle that later. But, if you're only going to
use USA-architectese, do you need Big Fonts?

Still trying to learn as much as I can
D.

[Anonymous]

Bigfonts are mostly just a holdover from the early days of .shx fonts, since
the original font files were very limited in scope (before the introduction
of Unicode). If you can get along without them, you're probably well
advised to do so, since they can complicate the process of collaboration
where .dwg files are exchanged between collaborators.
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"D. Archi" wrote in message
news:07C80E01B7FAF6E42D8797CE3D3B31FC@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> In using .shx fonts in AutoCAD 2002, actually ADT 3.3, why would you use
Big
> Fonts? In Architectural Working drawings for use in the US, English with
> maybe some French or Spanish someday. Are there any special characters
for
> architectural drawings in there that can be accessed through a regular
> keyboard? I think I get the idea about why they're needed for
> Asian-language, and I'll tackle that later. But, if you're only going to
> use USA-architectese, do you need Big Fonts?
>
> Still trying to learn as much as I can
> D.
>
>

[Anonymous]

You don't need them. Our office used to use them to special characters.
We have since eliminated all special fonts, and all Bigfonts.

"D. Archi" wrote in message
news:07C80E01B7FAF6E42D8797CE3D3B31FC@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> In using .shx fonts in AutoCAD 2002, actually ADT 3.3, why would you use
Big
> Fonts? In Architectural Working drawings for use in the US, English with
> maybe some French or Spanish someday. Are there any special characters
for
> architectural drawings in there that can be accessed through a regular
> keyboard? I think I get the idea about why they're needed for
> Asian-language, and I'll tackle that later. But, if you're only going to
> use USA-architectese, do you need Big Fonts?
>
> Still trying to learn as much as I can
> D.
>
>