• Industries
  • Products
  • Buy
  • Services & Support
  • Communities
  • Discussion Groups

    AutoCAD 2010/2011/2012 DWG Format

    Reply
    Contributor
    harbormaster
    Posts: 15
    Registered: ‎10-20-2011

    arail type stencil font??

    587 Views, 4 Replies
    02-21-2012 11:08 AM

    I've scoured the internet looking for a free stencil font and cant seem to find one. 

     

     I need it to be a Sans-serif font, similar to arial type, but with the cutouts needed for stenciling. I also need numbers included. In fact, i dont even need letters, I just need numbers.

     

    Everything I have found is either a serif style font, or doesn't include numbers.  

     

    Any help on where I can find this .shx file would be really helpful.

     

    thanks.

    Please use plain text.
    *Expert Elite*
    Patchy
    Posts: 5,311
    Registered: ‎09-16-2009

    Re: arail type stencil font??

    02-21-2012 11:42 AM in reply to: harbormaster

    .SHX made by Autodesk , they don't have stencil fonts.

    You need to find .TTF

     

     

    Please use plain text.
    *Expert Elite*
    JGerth
    Posts: 1,134
    Registered: ‎12-05-2005

    Re: arail type stencil font??

    02-22-2012 08:09 AM in reply to: Patchy

    you could try exploding the characters you need with the expresstool TXTEXP, cleaning them up and making blocks out of them,

     

    old skool, but works well for a limited set ot glyphs,  If you need a E-size sheet of general notes doee that way...... it could be painful:smileyhappy:

    Please use plain text.
    *Expert Elite*
    pendean
    Posts: 15,039
    Registered: ‎11-06-2003

    Re: arail type stencil font??

    02-22-2012 10:59 AM in reply to: JGerth

    You could take it a step further and create your own SHX font: built into every seat of AutoCAD since...

    http://docs.autodesk.com/ACD/2011/ENU/filesACG/WSfacf1429558a55de1a7524c1004e616f8b-32e9.htm


    Dean Saadallah Blog | Facebook | RSS | Twitter | PINS
    Please use plain text.
    *Expert Elite*
    heinsite
    Posts: 796
    Registered: ‎03-15-2008

    Re: arail type stencil font??

    02-22-2012 08:21 PM in reply to: harbormaster

    I really don't think you "scoured" very effectively.  I found more free stencil fonts with a couple of google search clicks than I could shake a stick at.  Grabbed a few I liked too.

     

    Suggest you "scour" some more.

     

    Dave. 

    ------------------------------------------------------
    Dave Hein, P.E.
    Please use plain text.