Working with missing fonts

When you open a drawing, the program displays text using fonts that are available on your computer: TrueType fonts installed when you started the program and SHX font files located, by default, in the \Fonts folder of your program installation.

If you open a drawing that contains text assigned a font that cannot be found, the program attempts to substitute an alternate font for displaying the text. The following table describes the order in which the program searches for an alternate font, depending on the font type.

To add a search folder for where additional SHX files are stored

   1   Do one of the following to choose Options ():

    On the ribbon, choose the Application button then choose Options, or choose Tools > Options (in Manage).

    On the menu, choose Tools > Options.

    Type options and then press Enter.

   2   Click the Paths/Files tab.

   3   In the upper half of the dialog box, in Support Paths > Fonts, click Add.

   4   Enter a path for the folder where SHX font files are located, then press Enter. Or click Browse, select the folder, and then click Open.

   5   Click OK.

To edit the default font mapping file

   1   Open the programs .fmp file in a text editor, such as Notepad.

By default, the .fmp file is located in the folder where you installed the program.

   2   Enter font file names in pairs on a separate line using the following format:

missing_font.shx;alternate_font.shx

Font files can be .ttf or .shx font files.

   3   When finished editing, click Save and close the text editor.

To specify a different font mapping file

   1   Do one of the following to choose Options ():

    On the ribbon, choose the Application button then choose Options, or choose Tools > Options (in Manage).

    On the menu, choose Tools > Options.

    Type options and then press Enter.

   2   Click the Paths/Files tab.

   3   In the lower half of the dialog box, in Font Mapping, do one of the following:

    Enter a path and filename for the font map file, then press Enter.

    Click Browse, select the font map file you want, then click Open.

   4   Click OK.

To change the FONTALT system variable

   1   Do one of the following to choose Options ():

    On the ribbon, choose the Application button then choose Options, or choose Tools > Options (in Manage).

    On the menu, choose Tools > Options.

    Type options and then press Enter.

   2   Click the Paths/Files tab.

   3   In the lower half of the dialog box, in Alternate Font, do one of the following:

    Enter the SHX font file name, then press Enter.

    Click Browse, select the SHX font file you want, and then click Open.

   4   Click OK.