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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Get Information
- The User Interface
- Start and Save Drawings
- Control the Drawing Views
- Organize Drawings and Layouts
- Create and Modify Objects
- Control the Properties of Objects
- Use Precision Tools
- Work with the User Coordinate System (UCS)
- Enter Coordinates to Specify Points
- Use Dynamic Input
- Snap to Locations on Objects (Object Snaps)
- Restrict Cursor Movement
- Combine or Offset Points and Coordinates
- Specify Distances
- Extract Geometric Information from Objects
- Use a Calculator
- Create Objects
- Select and Modify Objects
- Select Objects
- Correct Mistakes
- Erase Objects
- Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Clipboard
- Modify Objects
- Add Constraints to Geometry
- Define and Reference Blocks
- Work with 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Overview of 3D Modeling
- Create Solids and Surfaces from Lines and Curves
- Create Solids
- Create Surfaces
- Create Meshes
- Create Wireframe Models
- Add 3D Thickness to Objects
- Modify 3D Models
- Create Sections and Drawings from 3D Models
- Create 3D Models
- Annotate Drawings
- Work with Annotations
- Overview of Annotations
- Scale Annotations
- Overview of Scaling Annotations
- Set Annotation Scale
- Create Annotative Objects
- Display Annotative Objects
- Add and Modify Scale Representations
- Set Orientation for Annotations
- Hatches, Fills, and Wipeouts
- Notes and Labels
- Tables
- Dimensions and Tolerances
- Understand Basic Concepts of Dimensioning
- Use Dimension Styles
- Set the Scale for Dimensions
- Create Dimensions
- Modify Existing Dimensions
- Add Geometric Tolerances
- Work with Annotations
- Plot and Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting
- Save Plot Settings as Named Page Setups
- Reuse Named Page Setups
- Specify Page Setup Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter for a Layout
- Select a Paper Size for a Layout
- Determine the Drawing Orientation of a Layout
- Set the Plot Area of a Layout
- Adjust the Plot Offset of a Layout
- Set the Plot Scale for a Layout
- Set the Lineweight Scale for a Layout
- Select a Plot Style Table for a Layout
- Set Shaded Viewport and Plot Options for a Layout
- Print or Plot Drawings
- Overview of Plotting
- Use a Page Setup to Specify Plot Settings
- Select a Printer or Plotter
- Specify the Area to Plot
- Set Paper Size
- Position the Drawing on the Paper
- Control How Objects Are Plotted
- Preview a Plot
- Plot Files to Other Formats
- Publish Drawings
- Specify Settings for Plotting
- Share Data Between Files
- Reference Other Drawing Files
- Work with Data in Other Formats
- Collaborate with Others
- Render Drawings
- Draw 2D Isometric Views
- Add Lighting to Your Model
- Materials and Textures
- Render 3D Objects for Realism
- Glossary
- Index
file pair: txt.shx and bigfont.shx. For more information, see Use Unicode and
Big Fonts
(page 609).
In previous releases, you could display PostScript
®
fonts in the drawing. Because
later releases cannot display PostScript fonts, Autodesk has supplied TrueType
font equivalents. These PostScript fonts are mapped to the equivalent TrueType
fonts in a font mapping file. Additionally, when a TrueType font is not
available, you can specify a different TrueType font, making sure that the
fonts are similar to avoid text length or wrapping problems.
If the default font does not support the characters you enter using the In-Place
Text Editor (MTEXT command), an alternative font is substituted.
CIF or MIF codes entered with the In-Place Text Editor or with the TEXT
command are now automatically converted to display the actual characters.
Edit the Font Mapping File
A font mapping file is a list of text fonts and their substitutes. If a text font
used in a drawing cannot be located, another text font is substituted for the
missing font using a font mapping file.
Each line in the font mapping file contains the name of a font file (with no
file extension or path) followed by a semicolon (;) and the name of the
substitute font file. The substitute file name includes a file extension such as
.ttf.
A font mapping file is an ordinary ASCII text file with a .fmp extension. The
default font mapping file is acad.fmp. You can change the font assignments
in a font mapping file using any ASCII text editor.
For example, you could use the following entry in a font map file to specify
that the timesnr.pfb font file be substituted with the times.ttf font file:
timesnr;times.ttf
The following table shows the font substitution rules used if a font file cannot
be located when a drawing is opened.
Font substitution
Fourth map-
ping order
Third mapping
order
Second mapping
order
First mapping or-
der
File exten-
sion
Windows substitutes
a similar font
Use font defined in
text style
Use font mapping
table
.ttf
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