

The source code of QCAD is released under the GPL version 3 (GPLv3), a popular Open Source license. With QCAD you can create technical drawings such as plans for buildings, interiors, mechanical parts or schematics and diagrams.

If you have problem following the steps above, you can see this video below.QCAD is a free, open source application for computer aided drafting (CAD) in two dimensions (2D). Do you need to add more fonts for your drawing? Why do you think default fonts are not enough? Video guide Feel free to share your favorite website to download fonts in comment section. I don’t download fonts often, so I don’t have a preference. You should see dozens of websites in search result. Try to search them on Google search with search term: “true type font download” OR “shx font download”. There are many websites that provide free downloadable fonts. To let AutoCAD recognize the fonts, simply copy SHX fonts to that folder. 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.
