GeneDavis Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 I have become a big fan of Rene Rabbitt and to be a true follower, must now change my whole program to using his favorite font, Century Gothic. No more Chief Blueprint or My Hand or Frank the Architect or Graphite or any other of the hand-draw stuff. 21st century all the way. But I cannot find it except for one or more of the pay-for-font sites, and I have never bought a font before. Furthermore, I am wary of a font download free or pay, because of all the malware that may tag along. Anybody know a safe way to get Century Gothic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 W10 here and I'm not seeing it. Screenshot attached of the fonts I see, listed through all the Cs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 https://itstillworks.com/13345980/adding-fonts-to-coreldraw Personally I'm an Arial Narrow & Arial Bold fan Also, Arial Black if I need it to really pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 Yeah, it's nowhere. There were articles I found in searches that said look for it in the Windows Recycle Bin, but it's not there. A few articles seem to be saying that it went gone when Win10 came. Guess I will have to buy it if I want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 Thanks to Alan (ACAD User) I now have all the variations of Century Gothic installed in my Windows font folder. But Chief does not have them identified. Does someone have a tip for how to get these fonts, in my Windows font folder, accessible for Chief? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 5 hours ago, solver said: Looks like it's (it was) installed with MS Office and not part of the standard Windows fonts. I think Eric maybe right.... I still run Office 2007 , and it was in my Font folder, personally I've been using Swis721 (Included below too), which is very similar to Arial for a while for the same reasons. (Swis721 is similar to Mac's Helvetica Font which is how I came across it ) FONTS : Gothic+Swis721-Fonts.zip Mick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 I just did and they are there. I am now fully in the 21st century! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneDavis Posted August 31, 2020 Author Share Posted August 31, 2020 And thanks, Mick! Swis 721 is identical (at least to my tired old eyes) to Century Gothic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 16 hours ago, GeneDavis said: I have become a big fan of Rene Rabbitt and to be a true follower, must now change my whole program to using his favorite font, Century Gothic. No more Chief Blueprint or My Hand or Frank the Architect or Graphite or any other of the hand-draw stuff. 21st century all the way. But I cannot find it except for one or more of the pay-for-font sites, and I have never bought a font before. Furthermore, I am wary of a font download free or pay, because of all the malware that may tag along. Anybody know a safe way to get Century Gothic? I use Century Gothic for some things as well (have for many years) however it's worth pointing out that it is a fairly wide font and occupies more horizontal space than many others. Something to be aware of, that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitchenAbode Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 14 minutes ago, robdyck said: I use Century Gothic for some things as well (have for many years) however it's worth pointing out that it is a fairly wide font and occupies more horizontal space than many others. Something to be aware of, that's all. Good Point. Fonts with significant space between each character are rarely used for the main text body. Not only do they consume more horizontal space but they are not the best for reading. Wider character spaced fonts are usually reserved for titles and headings. In typography if a wider spaced font is used because the typographer likes the character style the typographer will often adjust the spacing to tighten up the characters, publishing software and programs such as MS Word have this capability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robdyck Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 12 minutes ago, TheKitchenAbode said: Wider character spaced fonts are usually reserved for titles and headings. To add a bit more context, I use Century Gothic for Room Labels and other titles in plans that are of a modern or contemporary style only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACADuser Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 The width is a big deal for me. That's why I use Arial Narrow for standard text & Arial with Bold set for most titles. Arial Black is a bit much but could be used in titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKitchenAbode Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Here's an example of some font comparisons. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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