

My SHX fonts are stored in C:\Program Files\Autodesk\AutoCAD 2013\Fonts. You can see where your AutoCAD store it in AutoCAD option, files tab. The SHX fonts are stored in support folder. If you install it, then only AutoCAD can use it. You might need to restart AutoCAD if AutoCAD still don’t list the font. Select it, right click and choose install from context menu. To install true type fonts, you can find font you want to install in Windows explorer.


So you can use it too in Microsoft Words, Excel and other Windows program. True type fonts will also be recognized by all Windows applications. You must install true type fonts to Windows to let AutoCAD recognize it. If you want to install additional fonts to use them in AutoCAD, this is how you can do it.īefore you start, you should know that there are two types of font that AutoCAD support. Windows and AutoCAD already provide many types of font, but sometimes we feel they are not enough. Annotation is a component that we must have in a drawing.
