Reference Materials

• A Somewhat Complete Listing of the SHP File Codes
  
• ASCII Key Codes
  
• Some helpful DCAL Definitions

Font Tools

• FontCreator
  TrueType font editor ( www.high-logic.com ).
• MainType
  TrueType font manager ( www.high-logic.com ).
• TypeTool
  TrueType font editor ( www.fontlab.com ).
• Font Master
  Create your own CHR fonts for DataCAD from within DataCAD ( Cheap Tricks Ware ).
• DataCAD Standard Font Chart
  Reference chart showing all of the standard DataCAD fonts and their properties, including extended characters.
  Courtesy of Gary Wheeler (Download PDF or AEC ).
• CHR2SHP
  This command-line utility for decompiling DataCAD CHR fonts to SHP format was originally distributed by Tim Hamlett of ArcDraft America around 1994.
• SHP2CHR
  This command-line utility for compiling SHP files to DataCAD CHR fonts is included with DataCAD in the \CHR or \Fonts folder.
• SHP2SHX
  This command-line utility for compiling SHP files to AutoCAD SHX fonts was originally distributed by Tim Hamlett of ArcDraft America around 1994.
• SHX2SHP
  This command-line utility for decompiling AutoCAD SHX fonts to SHP format is a public domain product of Schreiber Instruments Inc. Version 4.0 was published in 1995.

User-created font files.

• ARCWY*.CHR-style DataCAD fonts translated into AutoCAD format. These can be used to ease translation difficulties. This set contains the arcwy2fw, arcwy2gp, arcwy2hc, arcwy2lc, and arcwy2tx fonts. These are identical copies of the standard DataCAD fonts in .SHX format for use with any version of AutoCAD. Created by Patrick B. McConnell.
• DataCAD versions of standard AutoCAD fonts.

Converted by Randy Jack.

• AutoCAD version of standard DataCAD fonts.
  Converted by Randy Jack. Check the DATACAD LLC download page for additional free fonts. Font sets can also be purchased from the Cheap Tricks Ware site.