One night, an old floppy disk surfaced in the office "lost and found." It contained a single file: Xarab.shx . The "Magic" of the Stroke
is a compiled shape definition file used by Autodesk AutoCAD. The name is a portmanteau derived from "X" (often used in AutoCAD font naming conventions for standard styles, such as Txt.shx or Monotxt.shx ) and "Arab" (denoting Arabic script). Xarab.shx Autocad Font
"One or more SHX files are missing. What do you want to do ... - Autodesk One night, an old floppy disk surfaced in