Let’s take a look at two important differences.
It took several more years before most users started to seriously consider using TTF due to the slowness with which AutoCAD handled these fonts.Ģ0+ years later, we still see confusion sometimes about the differences between the two font types.
FONT THAI.SHX AUTOCAD WINDOWS
Most CAD users were split between DOS (and other O/S) and the graphical Windows where TTF could more easily be used. In 1994, with the release of AutoCAD R13, things changed because TrueType fonts were now supported. Shape based fonts were fast to draw and lightweight. But at most plotted sizes, it looks like a perfect “O”, so no worries. There is nothing curved or smooth about it. If you zoom in close enough you can see that the letter “O” for example, is composed of 16 line segments (using Simplex.shx). These are essentially characters defined by vectors. We have seen some people over the years making the switch from shape based fonts (SHX) to TrueType fonts (TTF) in AutoCAD, BricsCAD, etc.įor the first 12 years of AutoCAD’s existence, you did not have a choice, as SHX fonts were your only option.
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