Printing Text Correctly

[Rhayes]

We are changing our Standard text to be Archquick, However it does not print out as dark as the previous font did. How can I get the font to print out darker.???

[Mcshamrock86]

im going to take a guess and say that you cannot bold the text then, correct?

[Alan Cullen]

Use mtext......and use the bold option.......:)

[Rhayes]

No Bold Option for this font...?

[Mcshamrock86]

If there is no bold option for the font then it is probably best to find a different, but similar font. LW will not effect the text. Maybe Alan will have an idea...

[dbroada]

we use ctb files and have cyan for thicker lines. All text can be put on layer TEXT but change the colour to CYAN rather than byLayer for our bold.

[eldon]

Lineweight does have an effect on text, so try that :)

[Mcshamrock86]

wow, i didnt think that i did have an effect. sorry for the wrong info. Its a good thing that we all have these forums.

[profcad]

Lineweight only effect AutoCAD SHX fonts, not Windows TTF (True Type Fonts).

Doing a quick search on google. It appears that Archquick is an SHX file and you should be ble to change the lineweight.

[pennylove]

Lineweight does have an effect on text, so try that :)

I use that text in my drawings and lineweights do affect it (at least for me they do).

[brassworks]

we use ctb files and have cyan for thicker lines. All text can be put on layer TEXT but change the colour to CYAN rather than byLayer for our bold.

Among .ctb users, I agree that this is probably the most effective way to add weight (or 'boldness') to the lines that make up text - use a pen from your .ctb file that prints a wider line. For us, it's yellow, at 0.0270 pen width. Our CTB file, which is always changing as we need to do so, has heavier lines as well, up to 0.0800 in weight, which don't get used often, but are there for when we need them.