thepodge Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Hi, Don't really know what is happening here but I seem to get fuzzy text when I'm doing a leader or when I'm pasting in text. It's been temperamental, maybe once every 6 months but now it's pretty much all the time. It seems to be related to snap points, if I do a leader with osnap switched on I get fuzzy text, if I do it with osnap off I get clear text. It's shown most in the difference between the two g's in the image attached. When I print stuff it comes out normal with clean edges but when I'm zooming in and out in both paper and model space its distorts and isn't as easy to read as it should be, the more i scroll out the worse it gets. I've applied all the AutoCAD LT 2007 updates available on windows XP but it doesn't seem to have made any difference. Does anyone know what is causing this or how I might cure it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uddfl Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 There is a native bug in AutoCAD which makes TTF (true type font) text to look fuzzy whenever the text has a Z coordinate other than exactly 0, a width factor other than 1, an oblique angle, etc. Try setting the text elevation to 0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepodge Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 wow, super quick reply. I'll try that when i get back to work. is it worth me using a non TTF? and how would i know what a non TTF is? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uddfl Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 wow, super quick reply. I'll try that when i get back to work. is it worth me using a non TTF? and how would i know what a non TTF is? thanks AutoCAD fonts can be either .TTF (true type) or .SHX (shape file). When you go to the Text Style dialog box it tells you which one of the two font types your text style is using. It's a matter of preference to use one or the other. In the good old days, we would stay away from TTF to optimize performance. Now, it pretty much doesn't matter although it is not possible to do a windows search for text strings of a .SHX font, without 3rd-party applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Re: True Type fonts in AutoCAD. http://www.cadinfo.net/editorial/TTFacad.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uddfl Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Re: True Type fonts in AutoCAD. http://www.cadinfo.net/editorial/TTFacad.htm That's an excellent read. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 It is I who should thank you. I was going to refute your claim about AutoCAD TTF fonts until I recalled this article. I would have embarassed myself once again. That's the price I pay for being too quick to hit the Post Quick Reply button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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