Hi all,
I am looking for the perfect Font:
I must be able to distinguish between the number one (1), the capital "I" and the lower case "l".
The font must also contain the "Phase", the "Ohm" and the "Degree" symbol.
It must either be delivered with MicroStation V8i SS (next) or it must be a common True-Type font widely available in the windows environment.
I want to be able to use a single font to create text relating to electrical equipment labels as well as site plans.
Is this possible? Has anyone succeeded in finding this elusive Font?
If not...any idea's on how to achieve something close to this?
Can the Font 3 Engineering font be modified to add the symbols that I want?
Regards,
Bert
P.S. I am serious....I want it all in one font!!! Come on Bentley....you can do this!
Bert,
Are there any CAD or Drawing standards in the country your are working.
As I understand you, you are producing electrical plans. So.. why not using ISO Standard fonts?
With ISO fonts everybody can use as similar font even in other CAD-system that support the ISO-Standards.
Regards
Frank
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Unknown said: I am looking for the perfect Font
You've joined a club with many existing members, all searching for that elusive grail. According to this Wiki entry about fonts there are well in excess of 10,000 fonts in OpenType™ or TrueType™ format. OpenType™, by the way, is a newer development of TrueType™.
OpenType was adopted in 2009 by the ISO as the Open Font Format Specification (OFFS).
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
I'd like to see two modified duplicates of the TrueType Arial font. The first would adjust the capital "i" such that it can be distinguished form the lower case "L". The "1" (one) character already looks good. The second would be a non-proportional version of the first. At the very least I'd like to see just a non-proportion Arial font. I currently use Lucida Console in charts and in certain types of call outs that contain numbers (like coordinates for instance), but that font looks a little clunky compared to Arial. I've tried to place Arial such that it approximates a non-proportional font, but it gets funny gaps after certain characters, and the "space" character is inconsistently sized.
We ended up creating our own true type font for transportation engineering that addressed many of your concerns. We had to create proportional & non-proportional versions for regular annotation and the use within charts.
Hi Everyone, thanks for your input.
I was hoping that there was an existing Bentley delivered font that might cover our needs....the Font 3 - Engineering covers most of our needs, but lacks the Ohm and Phase symbols.
I was also hoping to not have to send a font file along to external contractors, but I think that hope is fading.
I will put my findings to the decision makers and let them do their thing!
Perhaps there is an OpenType font that fits the bill......thanks for the links Jon!