Urdu text in AutoCAD

[Yasir.Aman]

Salam Everybody,

I want to know if it is possible to use “Urdu” text in AutoCAD? I am using AutoCAD v2012 on Windows 7.

I could not find any .shx font for Urdu so I tried a few Arabic .shx font available out there, but failed. Some were unable to render characters and words properly, and some didn’t show anything at all. Please note that Urdu and Arabic both are “right to left languages and share “almost” the same script and alphabets – so if I can type Arabic I can type Urdu also and vice versa.

Therefore, please help me to understand;

1- Is it possible to efficiently type “right to left” in AutoCAD without any problems? If yes, how?
2- .shx or .ttf? which font will work better? If .shx, how can I create my own .shx for Urdu or Arabic? Is there a way to convert from .ttf or .otf?

Thank you so much once again.

P.S: Please have a look at these Wikipedia articles about the Urdu Language and Urdu Alphabet for reference.

[pendean]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vRcMNlRDMo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E41mSSd7780
https://arabictype.wordpress.com/
ARABIC FONTS (SHX) DOWNLOADS:
http://ocw.up.edu.ps/repositories/academic/up/bs/eng/ECGD3217/032009/data/ECGD3217.101_29072009/proj...

[Yasir.Aman]

Salam dear Saadallah,

Thank you for your prompt reply. Although I don't know Arabic language, I am trying to get an idea from these videos. Hope it works for me.

JazakAllah Khair.

[shujath36]

Yeah I seen those videos but it does not cover the Urdu text problem in particular. My CAD is set up for Arabic text but i feel difficulty in typing so I was thinking to switch to Urdu where we can write by phonetics. So typing in urdu is much more easier then Arabic.

I used urdu typing in CAD but when printed the letters get splitted as the shx font is Aerial not specific one for Urdu.

It looks like because the demand for such thing is less, the Autodesk team has not looked into it.

Regards

[pendean]

Turn off your printer driver's option to saving fonts (looks for "fonts as graphics" option as a workaround.

[Anonymous]

Direct type Urdu in 3ds max

https://youtu.be/eY4vVbXdgd4