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Fonts that look like cursive handwriting

I am looking for various fonts that "mimic" cursive handwriting. Does anyone know where I can find (a) examples of such fonts; (b) the specific names of such fonts; and (c) any Wikipedia articles on such fonts? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 05:35, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Samples of script typefaces might be a good starting point. Tevildo (talk) 08:04, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Try this site: http://www.dafont.com/ This site has all sorts of fonts that users upload(they created the fonts themselves). Just pay attention to the licensing agreements if your going to use the font in a piece of work the is going to be sold or redistributed. —SGA314 I am not available on weekends (talk) 14:40, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

The website site fontifier.com lets you make a font of your own handwriting. It is a little more complex than some others you my find. However, (OR here) the results are better than the others.    → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 02:30, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, all. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 03:22, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Forcing windows 10 upgrade

Various methods have appeared on websites on bypassing the queue and forcing your pc to download windows 10 but is it safe to do this? Microsoft claims they're working with partners to ensure their pc is ready and should not upgrade until their turn has come. But In reality will it have any negative effects? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.192.114.135 (talk) 15:59, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

I did it with the media creation tool. There were no negative effects, except that I had to reinstall a couple of drivers after the update. -- Finlay McWalterᚠTalk 16:03, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

I don't know if it appeared for anyone else, but the Windows 10 notification bar gave me the option a couple of days ago. It explicitly said it wasn't my turn but I could go ahead anyway. It appeared after a clicked "Notify me when ready" a dozen or so times per day. Mingmingla (talk) 16:35, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Really? I might try. 90.192.114.135 (talk) 17:46, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Choosing an open-source 3D CAD program

What options are there? What is the most actively developed, and that is most appropriate to design a machine? (no interest in humans or geographical modeling). Which has the most thriving community and it's probable that will be developed for many years to come? Are there some open-source and free that compare with BRL-CAD? --3dcaddy (talk) 18:08, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

Comparison_of_computer-aided_design_editors, you can sort by license. SemanticMantis (talk) 18:26, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

It seems that there are only 3 open source 3D CAD options, besides BRL-CAD. Provided that the list is up-to-date. Maybe FreeCAD or OpenSCAD are an alternatives, and I'd check them.--3dcaddy (talk) 18:55, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

There is a trick you can use that usually tells you which open-source program is more popular.

• Pick a popular commercial programs that do what you want. In this case I will randomly choose Solidworks.
• Do a Google and Bing search on [ alternatives to solidworks ].
• Also try [ open source alternatives to solidworks ].

This led me to the following pages:

http://alternativeto.net/software/solidworks/

http://www.freecadweb.org/

http://narocad.com/ / http://sourceforge.net/projects/narocad/

http://caelinux.com/CMS/

(I haven't evaluated these - they are just a few that happened to catch my eye)

• Repeat with some other commercial programs besides solidworks.

Please let us know what you finally decide on and how you like it. --Guy Macon (talk) 21:19, 6 August 2015 (UTC)

@Guy Macon:, @Thinking of England:: I started working with FreeCAD, which is less powerful than the first choid (BRL-CAD), but kind of more user-friendly.--3dcaddy (talk) 10:06, 30 August 2015 (UTC)