Annotation is a component that we must have in a drawing. And most of the annotation use text. Windows and AutoCAD already provide many types of font, but sometimes we feel they are not enough. If you want to install additional fonts to use them in AutoCAD, this is how you can do it.
Before you start, you should know that there are two types of font that AutoCAD support. True type fonts and SHX fonts.
How To Insert Text In Autocad 2018
- Create Single-line Text Click Home tabAnnotation panelSingle Line Text. Specify the insertion point. If you press ENTER, the program inserts the new text immediately below. Enter a height or click to specify the height of the text. Enter an angle value or click to specify the rotation.
- After importing the text you can add formatting using the Text Editor tab in AutoCAD window. Importing from Word file: You can import text with its formattings from an MS Word file but the import text option, as shown above, recognizes only TXT and RTF format so you need to convert word file (.DOC) into an RTF file before importing.
Inserting a Word Document into AutoCAD in Five Steps. Browse and select the word file you want to attach and check the “Link' check box. Then click “OK'. The first page of the Word document will be inserted into the AutoCAD drawing and there will be associativity between the Word document and the AutoCAD drawing. Inserting word document into AutoCAD helps reducing the data typing time for AutoCAD draftsman. This AutoCAD tutorial will explain how to insert word document (doc) to AutoCAD (dwg) using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) for associativity. Oct 19, 2012 Having to xerox typed (real typwriter) text onto stickyback (transparent) film and pastin' that all over the mylar General Notes page, and then having to peel a couple of them off because the toner scraped right off when de-bubbling the stickyback with the edge of a drafting triangle and then re-stickin' a couple of new ones in the blank. Jan 20, 2018 Step 1: Go to Multiline text and specify your window for your text,just click and drag your cursor to form a window for text. Step 2: Then type a number like this with a slash between. Step 3: Then select the number,right click on it,find and click Stack. Step 4: And here it is,just click Close Text Editor to exit the command. Re: HOW to Insert Text in Coordinates You could create a script file like this. Point 100,150 text 100,150 TRENCH START point 150,150 text 150,150 DUCT BANK START point 200,150 text 200,150 DUCT BANK END point 300,150 text 300,150 TRENCH END end.
True Type Fonts
True type fonts are Windows fonts. You must install true type fonts to Windows to let AutoCAD recognize it. True type fonts will also be recognized by all Windows applications. So you can use it too in Microsoft Words, Excel and other Windows program.
To install true type fonts, you can find font you want to install in Windows explorer. Select it, right click and choose install from context menu.
You might need to restart AutoCAD if AutoCAD still don’t list the font. Exit AutoCAD then start it again.
SHX fonts
SHX fonts are specific for AutoCAD. If you install it, then only AutoCAD can use it. The SHX fonts are stored in support folder. You can see where your AutoCAD store it in AutoCAD option, files tab.
In this example, I use AutoCAD 2013. My SHX fonts are stored in C:Program FilesAutodeskAutoCAD 2013Fonts.
To let AutoCAD recognize the fonts, simply copy SHX fonts to that folder.
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Where I can find additional fonts?
There are many websites that provide free downloadable fonts. Try to search them on Google search with search term: “true type font download” OR “shx font download”.
You should see dozens of websites in search result. I don’t download fonts often, so I don’t have a preference. Feel free to share your favorite website to download fonts in comment section.
Most of my drawings use default fonts. Do you need to add more fonts for your drawing? Why do you think default fonts are not enough?
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Video guide
If you have problem following the steps above, you can see this video below.
Link to video: http://youtu.be/rojHW96Mv4c