@out-of-level That's a legal requirement in Arizona.
All this Leroy talk took me back. In 1975 they let all but 1 crew go because of the economy. I started drafting with the office manager's "other" job, which was a good thing, except he Leroyed everything and I am left handed and one must use their right hand to Leroy. It took a while, but I got good at it. 10 years later, I was no longer drafting, and that was that. For a long time I had a tiny tat from shaking an 0000 pen and hitting my right index finger.
Here is all you want to know about Leroy, and more:
http://www.mccoys-kecatalogs.com/KELeroy/1981Brochure/LoroyCatalog_1981.pdf
except I do not see the gizmo we had to change the aspect ration of the text, making the letters thinner or wider.
Cad is SO much easier!
Ken
@ken-salzmann That link to the old catalog is neat. I didn't realize there were so many custom options. I wonder how many companies ordered a custom north arrow template or for that matter even the stock north arrow template. I've never seen one of those templates.
My wife was a drafter extraordinaire when we met way back when. Here hand lettering was more uniform than most people could get out of a Leroy set. Mine on the other hand was not. Back in the day of photo mylar, I would take here with me if the county surveyor required minor changes to a record of survey I had filed. They could not believe how well she could match the CAD text. It is kind of a lost art now days.
Frequently so, but I think not for this example.
I agree that it's not a scanner issue. Looks more like an issue with pen size.
Picking the right font is not only for printing legible hard copies but being able to generate nice looking PDFs as well which is mostly what I do.
Consider the commonly available free fonts like Aerial so if you pass along a CAD file to someone else they will already have it. Using a custom font will require you to provide it with your CAD drawing if you want the end user to see the text properly.
Using a custom font will require you to provide it with your CAD drawing if you want the end user to see the text properly.
It's also a way to identify an unauthorized print. I've never had to do that, but just in case I generally use a custom font for some elements, and I don't provide the font with the deliverable dwg. The dwg is a courtesy deliverable, while the signed PDF is the original and unaltered work product.
I have a couple of simple steps to protect myself from unauthorized use of my CAD files. First, I do not include a copy of my stamp or my digitized signature in CAD, only hard copies and PDFs get my stamp and signature. I use a 3rd party verifiable certificate to sign both CAD & PDF files. For the CAD files, the signature is automatically removed if anyone changes the file.
I’m using a 1986 plat for a project, and it’s tough to differentiate between a 6 and an 8 without the aid of a magnifying glass. What is your preferred plat font?
See what I mean?
The whole magnifying glass has unfortunately become the most necessary tool in my toolbox. I keep one on my desk. I keep one in my vest. I keep one in my truck and toolbox for the farm. I was trying to put a new gammon real on my plumb bob and learned not only can I not see up close but I now need another hand to hold everything. lol.
For a long time I had a tiny tat from shaking an 0000 pen and hitting my right index finger.
My tattoo is still on my LEFT index finger, 40 years on - same exact reason.
@sergeant-schultz Just checked and I still have the remnants of the callus where I rested a pen/pencil above the first joint of my middle finger.
@james-fleming Me, too 😊