How do I add new fonts?

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Danc
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How do I add new fonts?

Post by Danc » Tue Mar 10, 2015 5:11 am

How do I add new fonts or convert .ttf to .cxf?

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Re: How do I add new fonts?

Post by andrew » Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:47 am

Let me ask about your motivation for doing this first since QCAD 3 comes with full support for TrueType fonts built in. Thanks.

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Re: How do I add new fonts?

Post by Danc » Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:22 pm

how do I add a new true type font? When i put a .ttf in the fonts file it doesn't show up in the drop down box. if I can use TrueType Fonts I guess there is no reason to convert. I am just having a hard time figuring it out. Thank you

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Re: How do I add new fonts?

Post by andrew » Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:08 pm

TrueType fonts must be installed system wide to be used with QCAD (or any other application).

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Re: How do I add new fonts?

Post by Husky » Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:15 pm

Danc wrote:... a .ttf in the fonts file it doesn't show up in the drop down box.
Please check also which font has to be displayed in the selection box.

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Re: How do I add new fonts?

Post by Danc » Wed Mar 11, 2015 1:56 am

That was it I didn't have the font installed to the computer. Thank you!

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