Fonts in imported graphics

[PJ Lightning]

I'm using Word 2002 on xp pro. When I import Autocad r12
dxfs into word, no matter what font I used when creating
the file in AutoCad the text always imports as 'modern'.
Is there any way to overide this so that it imports the
fonts I actually used (arial and times new roman).
Changing them all manually is time consuming. Any
suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. Joan

 

[Andre Da Costa]

Its possibility the font AutoCAD uses is not in the Font folder in Windows.

Andre Da Costa
Jamaica W.I.

 

[P{J Lightning]

I'm using fonts with the same names (in Cad) that I use in
Word (Arial and Times new roman) Of course the files that
produce those fonts have different extensions. So I
suppose there's no point just copying them across; Word
wouldn't recognise them anyway. Presumably it must have
some sort of default setting to substitute Modern for
anything it doesn't recognise, does anyone know if that
can be altered?
Thanks.
Joan

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Joan,

My first guess would be that if they're not truetype fonts
then it's Windows font substitution rules that are what are
being played. In Word, with one of the problem documents open
you can use Tools=>Options=>Compatibility=>[Font Substitution]
to see if Word is aware of any substitutions being made.

Windows maintains a substitution map in the registry. You may
want to take a look at this tool to see the font substitutions
applied by Windows on your PC. It will let you edit them through
the tool rather than directly in the registry/ini files.
http://www.fontexpert.ru/index.html
Some additional information on the substitution process is provided
by the author of the FontExpert 2003 tool here, in the help file
from the shareware applet.


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I'm using fonts with the same names (in Cad) that I use in
Word (Arial and Times new roman) Of course the files that
produce those fonts have different extensions. So I
suppose there's no point just copying them across; Word
wouldn't recognise them anyway. Presumably it must have
some sort of default setting to substitute Modern for
anything it doesn't recognise, does anyone know if that
can be altered?
Thanks.
Joan >>
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I hope this helps you,

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[Guest]

Hi Rob,
I tried the tools-options-compatability-substitution
button but nothing happens when I click on it.
And how do I look at the substitution map? Buying a piece
of software just to change font substitutions is unlikely
to go down well with the boss if can it be done another
way. (Or I just continue altering each text box manually)
Thanks for the help
Joan

-----Original Message-----
Hi Joan,

My first guess would be that if they're not truetype fonts
then it's Windows font substitution rules that are what are
being played. In Word, with one of the problem documents open
you can use Tools=>Options=>Compatibility=>[Font Substitution]
to see if Word is aware of any substitutions being made.

Windows maintains a substitution map in the registry. You may
want to take a look at this tool to see the font substitutions
applied by Windows on your PC. It will let you edit them through
the tool rather than directly in the registry/ini files.
http://www.fontexpert.ru/index.html
Some additional information on the substitution process is provided
by the author of the FontExpert 2003 tool here, in the help file
from the shareware applet.


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[Tim Murray]

I tried the tools-options-compatability-substitution
button but nothing happens when I click on it.

You should at the very least get a message like "no substitutions necessary".
I can see how a font in a graphic, however, would not be detected... but, no
matter, you should get the "no subs" at least. Do you not get even that???