Squashed text

[G-Man]

Can you post a drawing with text that gets "squashed"?

This is an image of the squashed text problem.

text.jpg

[Dadgad]

Pretty easy to see how that could be problematic.

It would be more helpful to have the dwg file.
Even if you just uploaded what is visible on these images, in that way we can look at all of the
potential causes of the problem.

[G-Man]

Pretty easy to see how that could be problematic.

It would be more helpful to have the dwg file.
Even if you just uploaded what is visible on these images, in that way we can look at all of the
potential causes of the problem.

I have the option to upload images and videos, but there doesnt seem to be an option to upload files. Is this because i am still restricted on my newbie membership? If not how is this done?

[Dadgad]

In the lower right hand corner of the REPLY window....
GO ADVANCED > MANAGE ATTACHMENTS

[G-Man]

Here is an example of a problematic file.

text.dwg

Thanks for the assistance

[Alex Moiceanu]

Hi G-Man.
I opened your dwg file but on my PC, I couldn't find a problem with the texts.
Here is a screenshot of your drawing...

[G-Man]

Hi G-Man.
I opened your dwg file but on my PC, I couldn't find a problem with the texts.
Here is a screenshot of your drawing...

Yeah it worked on my previous package AutoCAD 2009 lt, and i have never had a problem on previous machines either. I did swap computers so it may be related to a hard ware issue. I just dont know?

Thanks

[G-Man]

Yeah it worked on my previous package AutoCAD 2009 lt, and i have never had a problem on previous machines either. I did swap computers so it may be related to a hard ware issue. I just dont know?

Thanks

This is a screen shot from my comp.

text.jpg

[irneb]

...I would suggest that you set up your current TEXT STYLE defined WIDTH as.9, ...

Be careful of this. I'd only use it if I use a SHX font. The TTF fonts tend to go a bit screwy when you start sqashing them with width factors. E.g. instead of making an Arial have a width of (say) 0.8, I'd rather just use the Arial Narrow with width 1.0 - the text looks and prints much better if you use the later.

Here is an example of a problematic file.

Attachment 36508

Thanks for the assistance

I also don't see this happening on my PC. All I can think of is that there's something wrong with your PC's fonts. Perhaps some alternative Arial.TTF which doesn't work correctly with ACad. Try reinstalling the Arial.TTF by copying it from your Windows Installation Media into C:\Windows\Fonts (overwrite if prompted).

Otherwise it "might" be a graphics card issue, but this is a long-shot. Though I'd still try to upgrade/downgrade the drivers to adesk's recommended version. Also try turning hardware acceleration on/off - for some cards it's better to have it on, while for others its better to have it off. Quick way to check if it is a GPU issue, does your prints also show the text wrong?