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Best font to use for drawings

hellomoto

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When I was using ProE, the standard fonts were very hard to read. Print outs had to be scaled properly or the text would be difficult to make out when zoomed out. Of course any font magnified highly will be legible.

Solidworks allows you to use MS fonts. Any recommendations on a font that works best for drawings? (easy to ready even when zoomed out, print outs with changes in scale or poor quality prints are still legible, no squinting required, legible when using size B template zoomed out to fit screen)

Thx in advance

Moto
 
We stuck withwhat I think is the defaultfont: Century Gothic Size 13 (3.5mm)


Its very clear and easy on the eye.


A good choice inmy opinion.
 
One problem I have noted with the font is that a mixed number dimension (whole number plus fraction) sometimes is unclear. For example, if a dimension is 1-1/16", it can easily look like 11/16". I am told that some other fonts make this clearer, but have not experimented.
 

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