Font plotting problems / conversion
Font plotting problems / conversion
(OP)
Hello everyone. I had quit my job of 17 years and took up with another company a year ago. Everyone was hopelessly stuck in AutoCad R14. I have 2002 on my machine, and everything is fine EXCEPT:
Something is going on with our fonts. Letters such as "N" "M" and "V", the pointed angles of these letters are stretching beyond their intended distance. It's not making things illegible, but it does look kinda strange. This problem occurs ONLY ON THE PLOTS. You cannot see anything unusual on the screen.
When I start and finish a drawing myself in 2002, there is no problem. The problem arises when I edit older R14 dwgs. and then plot them out. The other drafters (planner and EIT) not what I would call drafters, use the simplex font. I have always used Romans.
Has anyone encountered this problem, and could it be fixed??
I have tried so many things, including matching properties to newer text. Nothing is working.
thanks in advance.
Something is going on with our fonts. Letters such as "N" "M" and "V", the pointed angles of these letters are stretching beyond their intended distance. It's not making things illegible, but it does look kinda strange. This problem occurs ONLY ON THE PLOTS. You cannot see anything unusual on the screen.
When I start and finish a drawing myself in 2002, there is no problem. The problem arises when I edit older R14 dwgs. and then plot them out. The other drafters (planner and EIT) not what I would call drafters, use the simplex font. I have always used Romans.
Has anyone encountered this problem, and could it be fixed??
I have tried so many things, including matching properties to newer text. Nothing is working.
thanks in advance.





RE: Font plotting problems / conversion
RE: Font plotting problems / conversion
"Enter FONTALT at the command prompt to operate the changes.
OR
Find in the AutoCAD SUPPORT directory the ACAD.FMP file. This is the font maping file, you may edit it with any text editor (Notepad). Add this line at the end:
simplex; ROMANS.shx
This line will inform AutoCAD to replace in all texts the simplex fonts with romans. "
RE: Font plotting problems / conversion
thanks again.
RE: Font plotting problems / conversion
I'm still open to solutions.
RE: Font plotting problems / conversion
RE: Font plotting problems / conversion
change the "line join style" in the plot style file (.ctb) My company had them all set to MITER. This was the cause of the problem. I changed them to "use oject....".
That cleared it up.