A TrueType font library that provides drafting and other CAD symbols

Question

Some time ago I posted this Idea . The Ideas Forum has been updated and shows a post date 27-Jan-21, which is the date that the Forum was updated, not the date that I created that idea. 
 That Idea also shows my suggestion to be shipped . If that is the case, how can we obtain that TrueType font library? Do you have any comments, Eduardo Lazzarotto ?

Rod Wing · Accepted Answer

The Florida Department of Transportation ORD configuration includes their custom TrueType fonts that other US DOT's are adopting. They created their own engineering TrueType fonts several years ago. 
 Their current ORD configuration comes with the following TrueType fonts: 
 
 Here is an example of what the basic font looks like, and the special characters included: 
 
 There are many more symbols included in the fonts. 
 
 You can download their ORD configuration from here... 
 https://www.fdot.gov/cadd/downloads/software/fdotconnectcaddsoftware.shtm 
 
 Just be warned, that their installer program may install things you don't want installed and files in places that may be hard to find.

Lorys · Answer

Eduardo Lazzarotto said: Can you please confirm if this solves your issue? I will also check with the team to post a wiki on this topic if needed. 
 
 Err no it doesn't .. we want bentley to built a font with all the extras that people could ask for here in these posts .. this has been asked for many times in the past.. we can get around it but a generic font from you guys and sent out as an update or part of the instal for CE would make more sense .. failing that we / I called for volunteers.. and no .. I refuse to go to the new ideas section .. you have my login dets when I'm in the forum .. it should be just another part of the communities with already being logged in gives access and that is the way it used to work before .. I can see we'll all be boycotting the new version for ideas for now thank you...

Lorys · Answer

Looks like we users need to build a true type symbols font version then give it to Bentley to distribute as an general update ... Before we go too far BENTLEY DON'T BURY this post in ideas .. hardly anybody goes there to look for anything and especially now you have to create new login... forget it! So for somebody to do this they will need a list of things to be included here is some I would like PL Plate CL centre Line where letters are C over the L like the olden days drafting < < > = The real math version of greater than or equal to and the opposite Less than or equal to ie where the > has a sloped parallel under bar Diam symbol like the greek lower case Omega? but same size as the capital version Ohms symbol like the greek capital Omega squared power of 2 cubed power of 3 Yes I know we have some of these in lots of others font combinations and we use the favorite symbols but to have them in one place as a Cad symbols font would be great it would be sort of like windows windings... It would make it so much easier to look in one place to add to the a favorites in symbols function in text editor and make drawings more consistent looking once we have a complete or adequate list then a more clever person than me can get hold of one of the free true type font makers and import , modify , create what is needed.. Now the only drawback I see after building it would be getting it to bentley, then getting bentley to deliver it as an update to all users fonts folder...and building it into new installs for all versions from now on... and on occasion adding extras to it...

A TrueType font library that provides drafting and other CAD symbols

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