Topic: Font problem or not ?

[craigr]

It works fine on my 2008 LT.

I know that from our experience, when we swiitched to TTF, our dwg navigation did slow, but that was on far inferior machines than what we have now.

On a second note, what language is that in the dwg?

My guess is French, am I right?

craigr

[Crank]

On a German forum I found a arial.shx made by Stefan Wickel.
See the attached file.

[grasu666]

I also just found this link on the Autodesk site... I hope this one might help

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/item?siteID=123112&id=5029605&linkID=9240617

Tried also , no improvment. My problem is with pan at specific zoom, not with slow start-up. I also tried using bold.shx but same thing/problem.

@craigr : Language is romanian, and I dont think computer performance is my bootleneck here. I've tried this file on a quad core Q6600 + 2 GB RAM , 320 GB Seagate, 8500GT video card(tried also on my other computer wich is :E6300@2800 Ghz, 2x1GB DDR2@1000 Mhz, 7600GT video card.

[M-dub]

I'm confused (Surprise, Surprise).  Who's asking the question here?  Seems we've got two different people with the same problem?

[craigr]

@craigr : Language is romanian, and I dont think computer performance is my bootleneck here. I've tried this file on a quad core Q6600 + 2 GB RAM , 320 GB Seagate, 8500GT video card(tried also on my other computer wich is :E6300@2800 Ghz, 2x1GB DDR2@1000 Mhz, 7600GT video card.

Performance is definately not the problem with a machine like that - (I'm Jealous).

Language - No offense meant, I have always been facinated by other languages (& Accents).

craigr

[Atreides]

I'm confused (Surprise, Surprise).  Who's asking the question here?  Seems we've got two different people with the same problem?

My bad, I didnt realised I'm logged with my brothers account:).

[M-dub]

Not a problem!  Just seemed strange is all...

Carry on! 

[jonesy]

I'm confused (Surprise, Surprise).  Who's asking the question here?  Seems we've got two different people with the same problem?

My bad, I didnt realised I'm logged with my brothers account:).

Not a problem... I was getting confused. I thought there was 2 people asking similar questions on the same day.

OK, did you try the font that Crank has attached?

[ReneRam]

Not giving a solution, but just adding some information.
During the past years, depending on the version of AutoCAD and on the different configurations, not only in my company, I have noticed that programs like CorelDraw or similar ADD/Overwrite TTF fonts that become available in AutoCAD.
Last but not less important, I know a big company here in Italy that has different software configurations and have experienced problems with the TTF opening the same drawing with AutoCAD 2005 and with AutoCAD Map 3D 2008; the strange thing was that both computers had the same font, don't remember it at the moment, but in ACAD2005 it was listed with a different font name that the one displayed in MAP2008, although the TTF file was the same.

[Atreides]

I'm confused (Surprise, Surprise).  Who's asking the question here?  Seems we've got two different people with the same problem?

My bad, I didnt realised I'm logged with my brothers account:).

Not a problem... I was getting confused. I thought there was 2 people asking similar questions on the same day.

OK, did you try the font that Crank has attached?

Tried it, it's definitely an improvment, but unfortunally I cant present myself to a customer with those kind of fonts(I dont think they will look nice when its plotted).

[jonesy]

Then the only work around I can suggest is to use a similar font until you are ready to print, then change it once the drawing is complete, then plot.

Sorry I couldnt help you further, so, unless anyone else has any better suggestions, it looks like that may be the easiest wasy of working.

[CAB]

Tried it, it's definitely an improvement, but unfortunately I cant present myself to a customer with those kind of fonts(I don't think they will look nice when its plotted).

You need to try a plot before you make that decision. The font is filled in because the line weight causes an overlap of the interior lines you see when you zoom in that close.

[M-dub]

This might only be a band-aid fix, but I'll throw it out there anyway.

What about creating two macro buttons to toggle between a .ttf and an .shx?  Quick and easy... Cheap and Dirty?  Call it what you want, but I think it would suffice...

^C^C-Style;Standard;arial.ttf;;;;;;
^C^C-Style;Standard;txt.shx;;;;;;;

[Atreides]

Tried it, it's definitely an improvement, but unfortunately I cant present myself to a customer with those kind of fonts(I don't think they will look nice when its plotted).

You need to try a plot before you make that decision. The font is filled in because the line weight causes an overlap of the interior lines you see when you zoom in that close.

I'll try this thing, and come back with results .

[Atreides]

Thanks to all for your answers. I guess I'll have to use differents fonts at least untill printing.Can be closed.