Sample drawing of standard fonts

Sample drawing of standard fonts

MartynCowley3208
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Sample drawing of standard fonts

MartynCowley3208
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In the text Style dialog box the display panel illustrating the style only shows the characters AaBb123 - but some other characters are more definitive of the font type (eg lower case g, k etc);  in the old days it was possible to insert these into the display panel, which was particularly useful when trying to match a received font but now impossible. Creating a piece of illustrative text and repeatedly switching the font in the style definition is tedious and time consuming.

Is there an existing drawing with all the characters displayed in all the standard fonts? 

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ChicagoLooper
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There isn’t a centralized ‘folder location’ that allows you to view the various fonts used in AutoCad.

 

If, however, you simply want to view font styles to assist you in creating a Text Style, you can view them in Windows. In Windows 10, go to Control Panel=>All Control Panel Items=>Fonts. 

 

You will see many fonts in Windows 10 are also available in, and consistent with, AutoCad’s fonts. 

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Chicagolooper

EESignature

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RobDraw
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Somebody, somewhere might have one that is close.


Rob

Drafting is a breeze and Revit doesn't always work the way you think it should.
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pendean
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Why don't you just take the time to create your own sample drawing with all of your desired "standard" fonts?
You'd be done by now 🙂
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Kent1Cooper
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@MartynCowley3208 wrote:

.... all the standard fonts? 


There is no such thing as "all the standard fonts," unfortunately.  Any .SHX or .TTF font you have in your system is available in AutoCAD, so the possibilities could differ on every computer.  Any .SHX fonts you have probably came supplied with AutoCAD, and those may constitute something of a "standard" collection, but .TTF fonts can come from anywhere, and even only those supplied with Windows probably vary over different versions of the operating system, and maybe even over time under the same version.

 

That's why I agree with the suggestion that you make yourself a chart [it could  be an AutoCAD drawing, but it might be simpler as something like a MS Word document] of some limited collection  of fonts you would be likely to use.

Kent Cooper, AIA
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