Font size with Word and AutoCAD

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To ensure that text created in AutoCAD matches the font size of text in MS Word, it's crucial to understand that simply setting the text height to 10 in AutoCAD does not guarantee equivalence due to varying drawing units. A practical approach is to determine the dimensions of a capital letter in Times New Roman at font size 10 in Word, measured in millimeters. This measurement can help establish a corresponding text height in AutoCAD. Additionally, when inserting graphics into Word, scaling the image can alter the perceived text size. To counteract this, calculate the percentage reduction needed to fit the image in the document and adjust the AutoCAD font size accordingly, keeping in mind that image scaling may not be linear.
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I'm writing a document in MS Word with font size 10 and Times New Roman. I'm also using AutoCAD to produce graphics to put in it. How can I make sure that text written in AutoCAD will be of equal size to that written in Word? Just choosing a text height of 10 in AutoCAD doesn't make it equal, since it all depends on what unit you're using for the drawing. The best would perhaps be to find out how big the "box" for a capital letter is in Word, measured in mm. But how? Anyone?
 
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I'm writing a document in MS Word with font size 10 and Times New Roman. I'm also using AutoCAD to produce graphics to put in it. How can I make sure that text written in AutoCAD will be of equal size to that written in Word? Just choosing a text height of 10 in AutoCAD doesn't make it equal, since it all depends on what unit you're using for the drawing. The best would perhaps be to find out how big the "box" for a capital letter is in Word, measured in mm. But how? Anyone?

The obvious problem is that to fit the image on the document you will need to shrink it down which will chanage the text size. try figuring out how much smaller (percent wise) you are making the image to fit in the document and then select a font size that is about that much larger. now, of course, this is just a best guess. For all I know, image scaling is not linear, but I bet it will work out well.
 
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