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Japanese text shown as squares

Japanese text shown as squares

Japanese text shown as squares

(OP)
My co-worker and I each have a seat of SolidWorks 2008. We frequently receive 2D drawing files from our parent company in Japan. When I open these files on my machine the Japanese text looks fine. That's not the case for my co-worker - the Japanese text gets converted to squares/rectangles. Does anyone know what may be causing this or how to fix it? Thanks for your help.

RE: Japanese text shown as squares

His machine maybe missing the required font. Try to determine which font is being used and copy that to his machine.

RE: Japanese text shown as squares

(OP)
Thanks. Can you give me any idea as to where this font file might be located on my workstation? I don't know what to look for.

RE: Japanese text shown as squares

The fonts are contained in C:/Windows/Fonts

You should be able to see which font is being used from the Note Manager when editing text in a drawing.

RE: Japanese text shown as squares

You can also just re-run the installer and add the Japanese fonts.

Han primo incensus

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