Adding new fonts

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Choke
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Adding new fonts

Post by Choke » Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:27 pm

Hello i am very new to qcad and have a few projects i would like to do with it but i cant quite seem to figure out how to add new fonts im not very computer savvy and am having a hard time trying to understand it. but i am looking for a nice cursive font for a name that i will be cutting out on a cnc plasma table. thanks in advance.

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Re: Adding new fonts

Post by CVH » Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:51 pm

Hi,
QCAD uses the system fonts.

Meaning that one has to install fonts in the common way depending your OS.
These are in general TTF files.

Under windows this is a simple R-click on the font file and choose to install it.

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CVH

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