carpalmer Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 OS WINDOWS XP/Vectorworks 11.1 When I open same file on different workstation some of the text shows up in different font! Whats up? Any suggestions please? Quote Link to comment
Travis Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 The other workstation most likely doesn't have the same fonts installed, so VW has to "pick" another font. Go to File-Preferences-VectorWorks Preferences. Click on Display tab, click on Edit Font Mappings button. Here you can see the original fonts used in the drawing and what substitute fonts they'be been mapped to. If you install the same fonts on both computers, you'll need to go here to "remap" the fonts back to the original. Good luck, Quote Link to comment
carpalmer Posted January 14, 2005 Author Share Posted January 14, 2005 Thanks Travis, but all fonts are mapped to Arial, and I'm still getting other fonts. An example: I've selected and modified all text to Arial, and then I modified a Benchmark Elevation (pio?)by adjusting a value through the object info box, and it changed the value but ALSO AWITCHED THE FONT to a diffrent one (can't tell which one it is, but definately not Arial!) Any other tips out there? Quote Link to comment
Travis Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 If the document was created on another workstation, the defaults are probably still set to the previous (now non-accessible) font(s). . .so VW is still "guessing". With the 2D pointer arrow active and NOthing selected, use the menus to set a default font/size/style. Now select the Alpha tool (or dimension, etc.) and verify that the font you just set as document default has "stuck" with the tools that actually use fonts. The font you've selected should have a small checkmark next to it in the pull-down menu. Hope that helps, [ 01-14-2005, 02:13 PM: Message edited by: Travis ] Quote Link to comment
carpalmer Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 unable to set default font on 2nd workstation, font won't "stick" (no check mark visible. Mapped fonts to be convereted to Arial Narrow, but still having fonts show up differently when I open file from different workstation. Original workstation has font set to default to Arial Narrow, but still shows up different on second workstation and on plots!!! Need some help please... Quote Link to comment
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