Text Formatting Problem?

[lost0822]

A Co-worker of mine is having a problem with AutoCAD 2006 that i'm not sure how to fix. When trying to use symbols, i.e. %, diameter, he gets a question mark showing up in the text box then when he hits "OK" on the editor it always shows on screen as a fraction symbol and also prints out that way......no matter what symbol he uses. If i open the same drawing everything shows up fine for me and also prints out fine....again we both using 2006.

 

i'm assuming it's a problem that started from installation of CAD. Anyone have any ideas as to what it might be?

[Norts]

this sounds like a fonts issue.

ensure he has the same fonts installed on his machine that you do.

[Guest Alan Cullen]

Is he using DTEXT or MTEXT...?

[Guest Alan Cullen]

Hey, Blue......what's where, mate?

[Norts]

Hey, Blue......what's where, mate?

que?

 

I meant to add:

 

1. check that the contents of the folder C:\windows\fonts\ is identical on both machines.

2. check FONTALT and FONTMAP are to the same settings on both machines.

[lost0822]

que?

 

I meant to add:

 

1. check that the contents of the folder C:\windows\fonts\ is identical on both machines.

2. check FONTALT and FONTMAP are to the same settings on both machines.

 

 

1. My coworker tried copying the Fonts folder from my windows folder but for some reason it won't allow it.....says "Cannot copy arial. The requested operation cannott be preformed on a file with a user map section open". I had CAD shut down and everything else shut down besides IE (to look at this thread) and windows explorer.

 

2. We checked FONTALT and we have the same thing....then we did FONTMAP and we have different paths because we both use independent versions of AutoCAD 2006.

[lost0822]

Is he using DTEXT or MTEXT...?

 

We both use MTEXT

[Guest Alan Cullen]

oooooooo.....I'll just stand back here and watch.......I didn't know my mate could speak French.........go for it, mon ami........ :lol:

[Guest Alan Cullen]

Okay....the code required for certain things in DTEXT is different in MTEXT......in DTEXT to get the diameter symbol you type %%c....you don't do that in MTEXT........can't actually remember what you type in MTEXT......but I'm sure Blue will tell me very shortly........ :lol:

[lost0822]

UPDATE:

 

we use a template drawing that we use for are dwg's. He just noticed that if he opens up a generic made dwg using a premade AutoCAD template everything comes up fine....but when using our's it comes up random. I took the template from my file and gave it to him but it still continues to happen when he uses are template we made up.

 

remember none of this is happening to me at all.

[SLW210]

Have you tried doing a repair on Aut0CAD?

[dbroada]

what font file is being used to give the ? response? You may need to copy just that file. I recently had a problem on my machine where some Russian text was not displaying correctly where it was fine on everybody elses. It turned out that my machine had simplex.shx & simplex8.shx so when AutoCAD updated itself it didn't update my simplex file. Renaming my simplex8 to simplex cured the problem.

 

Yours possibly won't copy ariel as it is in use by windows. Font files are handled in a unique way!

[Bailey]

Okay....the code required for certain things in DTEXT is different in MTEXT......in DTEXT to get the diameter symbol you type %%c....you don't do that in MTEXT........can't actually remember what you type in MTEXT......but I'm sure Blue will tell me very shortly........ :lol:

 

Hi i'm having a simaler problem. When i do %%c in DTEXT i get a diameter symbole but in MTEXT i get a ? so dose anyone knoew what the coad in MTEXT should be??

Oh by the way i'm using 2008

 

thanks

 

Paul

[dbroada]

%%c works here. A ? often means that character isn't in the font file. What font are you specifying?

[Bailey]

hi, i'm using standard.shx

[dbroada]

that's what I us. Have you tried using the insert|symbol option within your MTEXT editor?

[mikman]

So I am having this same problem with 2004. I recently had my machine wiped out by a virus so it was restored and all the software reinstalled and after all that now my fonts won't read so I get the question marks. I have scoured this forum for answers and this thread seems to be the best related one, but there is no response on how anyone fixed the issue? I am using simplex.shx and am unable to understand why it won't read. The guy next to me has no problems with this and if I switch computers the font works fine.

 

So if anyone has any more tips or maybe I missed something in this post, please let me know!