TrueType to SHX Converter?

[Doug Brown]

I occasionally get asked use TT fonts. What I do is use my fave text style,
(with the proper height), and when the drawing is ready for submission or
plotting, change the style's font name to the desired TT font and regen.

Doug

"Jim Frame" <jhf...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
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> One of my clients is requiring that I use a font similar to Tahoma in a
> drawing I'm preparing for them, but I'm reluctant to use a TrueType font for
> performance reasons (R14.01). There used to be a freeware program that
> claimed to convert TrueTypes to SHX, but the links to it that I've found are
> dead. Can anyone point me to a converter, or suggest an SHX font that would
> approximate the Tahoma (or Arial) TrueType font?
>
> Thanks.
>
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[Jim Frame]

[Guillem Gonzàlez]

> One of my clients is requiring that I use a font similar to Tahoma in a
> drawing I'm preparing for them, but I'm reluctant to use a TrueType font for

But if you want a fill font whith SHX, the lot of vectors needed will slow
performance too. And if you use an empty font it will not be really like Tahoma.
Isn't it?

[Jim Frame]

"Guillem Gonzàlez" <guillem....@upcnet.es> wrote in message
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> But if you want a fill font whith SHX, the lot of vectors needed will slow
> performance too. And if you use an empty font it will not be really like
> Tahoma.

I've not had any difficulties with vector-intensive SHX fonts. To be
honest, though, I've heard so many horror stories about using TT fonts that
I've never tried them. Guess I'll have to get my feet wet...

[jo...@fel.u-net.com]

If you can locate an Adobe type 1 font equivalent to Tahoma.ttf (i.e
Tahoma. pfb), you can use Acad's Compile function to create an shx
file from it.

John

On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 03:42:18 GMT, "Jim Frame"
<jhf...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:

>One of my clients is requiring that I use a font similar to Tahoma in a
>drawing I'm preparing for them, but I'm reluctant to use a TrueType font for

>performance reasons (R14.01). There used to be a freeware program that
>claimed to convert TrueTypes to SHX, but the links to it that I've found are
>dead. Can anyone point me to a converter, or suggest an SHX font that would
>approximate the Tahoma (or Arial) TrueType font?
>
>Thanks.
>

[D. F. Julien, AIA]

Fontasm full version costs US$99 but it works as advertised. I use it a
lot. Scroll down and read about it at:

http://www.upfrontezine.com/Upf-143.htm

Don't know why the author has no website. If you look hard on the web, you
can find a teaser demo version (doesn't do the vowels) that will illustrate
that it works.

-Doug Julien, AIA

"Jim Frame" <jhf...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote in message
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[Gordon Gibson]

Jim,

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zipped).

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G. GIBSON & ASSOCIATES
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[Doug Brown]

It doesn't. I offered a 30 second work around. AutoCAD supports TTF. Now if he'd
been after a PS font converter I'd have been all eyes, and no response.

Sorry to have offended.

Doug

"Trey Monsour" <tmon...@home.com> wrote in message
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> and this helps in converting TTF to SHX in what way?
>
> just my $.02,
> Trey
>
>
> "Doug Brown" <db...@telus.net> wrote in message
> news:QVEy4.3313$eh.4...@news.bc.tac.net...

> > I occasionally get asked use TT fonts. What I do is use my fave text
> style,
> > (with the proper height), and when the drawing is ready for submission or
> > plotting, change the style's font name to the desired TT font and regen.
> >
> > Doug
> >
> >

[Trey Monsour]