Text Problem

[ErichR]

I have a couple of text blocks that were imported from a .dwg file that defy changing the font. When a new font is selected, the text changes to rectangles.

[Guest]

What font are you choosing?

Have you checked the size of the font, too?

If you are using VW 12.50 or 12.5.1, does the block of text have tabs?

[ErichR]

Not sure what you mean by "tabs". Handles-yes.

This is a problem with the font: Romantic.

I was able to replicate the problem in a new document:

Set the font to Romantic.

Type something.

Change the font to anything else.

The characters turn into rectangles with maybe half of the fonts selected.

Must have something to do with whether the font is TrueType or Postscript.

WXP VWA 12.5.2

[jan15]

I think Katie means tab-stop codes in the text string.

I can't replicate the problem you described, trying several other fonts, but Postscript fonts don't even show up in my list of fonts in VW, and Romantic is a TTF on my system.

Changing to rectangles usually means that those rectangles represent codes for which the first font had characters but the second one doesn't, as for example if you typed in a foreign language and then changed to a font that doesn't have a code page for that language. But I don't know why that would happen with Romantic. My Romantic.ttf has only an English code page.

[Guest]

Which fonts are you choosing (switching to)?

The current font isn't the problem, it's whatever you are selecting.

The other thing to check is whether you have a font mapping assigned to set one of the desired fonts to some crazy font.

You can find font mapping in the Display tab of VW prefs

[ErichR]

Font mappings: all are set to Aerial. Romantic isn't in either of the lists.

Changing from Romantic to Times NR, Aerial, Freestyle Script, etc produces rectangles. Changing to Technic, SansSerif, etc. works.

[jan15]

It looks like Times and Arial use double-byte character codes, and Romantic, Technic, and SansSerif use single-byte. If the change to rectangles were to happen when you go to the other way, there'd be some things I could suggest, but I can't think of any way it could happen going from single-byte to double-byte. Maybe it's a glitch in your installation. Or I guess it could be a VW bug, but it seems hard for something like that to slip by unnoticed.

[Guest]

What happens when you copy/paste the text block to a new blank document and try to change the text?

If you create a new text block in a new file, can you change the font from Romantic to something else successfully?

[jan15]

Katie, in his second post I think he said he tried a new text in a new file, creating it in Romantic and changing to Times or Arial, and that gave him the blanks.

[Guest]

Yep, you are right.

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What about setting the font to something other than Romantic, and then changing it to something else?

Can you post a file with a small text block demonstrating the behavior?

What version of VW are you using?

[ErichR]

Your should be easily able to do this:

Set text to Romantic font.

Change it to Arial.

How does it look?

WXP VW 12.5.2

[Ray Libby]

Where did you get the font?

[Guest]

My computer acts normal, that's why I'm asking these other questions.

[ErichR]

How do you post a file?

[Guest]

Instructions on using the various options can be found here:

http://techboard.nemetschek.net/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=79098&page=1#Post79098

[ErichR]

Here's the file...

[Guest]

I can duplicate it in that file - I've sent it off to the engineers for review.

When you tested this earlier in a new document, did you use a new, blank document or a template file?

[ErichR]

Yes, it's a new document with text from the first one pasted in.

However, I can create the same thing in VW by using the Romantic font.

WXP VW12.5.2

[Guest]

I was referring to the original post. I had asked you to try this in a new document, but wasn't sure if it was a new or template document.

In a new, blank document,add a text block assigned to the Romantic font. Change the text to Ariel.

Do you get the boxes in this file too?

Do you have an other versions of VW installed?

Have you tried this in other programs?

[ErichR]

Whenever Romantic font is used in VW, the effect is boxes for many of the other fonts one selects to replace Romantic.

[Guest]

Do you have this problem in other programs?

There's either something going on with your installation of VW, or the fonts themselves on your computer.

Are you using any special keyboard setting or OS language setting?

I was asking specifically about the new, blank document because if you were using a template file, and the template file is corrupted, that could be the source of this issue.

Edited August 28, 2007 by Katie

[ErichR]

Romantic behaves in a Word doc.

No special keyboard settings

Here's a demo in a new VW document:

[ErichR]

Hello...

[Guest]

You can try removing VW and the registry keys, and reinstalling.

I'm not sure what the problem is. When I open your files, I can duplicate the problem but I am unable to duplicate the problem in files I create.

[ErichR]

It's not worth it to reinstall. What does remove VW and registry keys mean?

Thanks.