Standard architectural font and size

[Anonymous]

Hello,

What are standard imperial architectural font size and styles used in a autocad file for the following scale:

1:1

1/2" - 1'

1/8' - 1'

1" - 1'

3/32" - 1'

3/16" - 1'

3/4" - 1'

1 1/2" 1'

3" - 1'

16" -1'

Thanks

[dbroad]

A little searching for this topic should yield numerous posts.

Fonts can vary by office.  Some like hand stroked fonts. Others are willing to sacrifice the hand crafted look for more consistent and readable text. I use Arial font now because for years, only TTF fonts could create searchable pdf plots.  With recent versions of AutoCAD, both SHX fonts and TTF fonts can result in searchable text.  The Romans.shx font is a very readable font on the screen and on prints.

I prefer a note size of 3/32" high plotted but others use 1/8" high.  ACA has historically used width factors in all of their fonts to compress text into smaller space but printing searchable text in the past has required that width factors be eliminated.  If not using annotative fonts, you can set up note heights for multiple scales.  The model note height should be the paper size times the reduction factor: 1:1  is 1, 3"=1' is 4,  1-1/2"=1' is 8 and so forth.  The ACA units system has a setting for paper note height.  Other sizes are scaled automatically based on that.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

A little searching for this topic should yield numerous posts.

Fonts can vary by office.  Some like hand stroked fonts. Others are willing to sacrifice the hand crafted look for more consistent and readable text. I use Arial font now because for years, only TTF fonts could create searchable pdf plots.  With recent versions of AutoCAD, both SHX fonts and TTF fonts can result in searchable text.  The Romans.shx font is a very readable font on the screen and on prints.

I prefer a note size of 3/32" high plotted but others use 1/8" high.  ACA has historically used width factors in all of their fonts to compress text into smaller space but printing searchable text in the past has required that width factors be eliminated.  If not using annotative fonts, you can set up note heights for multiple scales.  The model note height should be the paper size times the reduction factor: 1:1  is 1, 3"=1' is 4,  1-1/2"=1' is 8 and so forth.  The ACA units system has a setting for paper note height.  Other sizes are scaled automatically based on that

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Hello,

Ok, this is my first time working with text height in autocad  and was wondering if you can explain to me how this works.

Right now I am working in model space and from my understanding all drawing and text should be drawn to a 1:1 scale so, if I want a text size of 3/32" which is .09375" or 1/8" =  0.125" is that the correct font size to use for a scale of 1:1 if not what should I have?

I understand how annotative scaling works but I don't understand how model note height works should be paper size times the reduction factor?

Thanks

[David_W_Koch]

Where are you placing the text, in Paper Space (in the Layout) or in Model Space (on the Model tab, or through an active Viewport on a Layout tab)?

If you are placing the text in Paper Space, then set your height to 3/32" (or whatever height you want on a full-size plot) and type away.

If you are placing the text in Model Space, then the text has to be scaled to accommodate the scale factor associated with the Viewport.  For example, if you have a Viewport where the scale is set to 1/8" = 1'-0" (1:96), then in order for the text to plot at 3/32", you have to set the text height to 9", which is 3/32" x 96.  If you use annotative text and add the 1/8" = 1'-0" scale to it, AutoCAD will do the math for you; all you need to do is indicate a paper height of 3/32".  If you use non-annotative text, then you will need to do the math and set the appropriate height.

All of the above assumes that objects drawn in Model Space are drawn at their real-world dimensions and that your Layout is set up to be plotted at 1:1 and any Viewport included therein is scaled to achieve the desired scale on the final plot.