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Hollow Text in PDF and Layout Tab

philip.schmelzer2 — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 19:40:32 GMT

I've seen a few other posts on this same subject dating back to 2001, where the primary sugestion is to set TEXTFILL=1. Anything else that you can think of to fill in my dimension and callout text? Screenshots below and dwg linked here.

Re: Hollow Text in PDF and Layout Tab

Patchy — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 19:48:45 GMT

Fillmode

or chck your your text Z elevation.

Re: Hollow Text in PDF and Layout Tab

kcobabe — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 19:52:06 GMT

I opened your drawing in 2014 and looks fine to me. Not sure why yours is doing this.

Re: Hollow Text in PDF and Layout Tab

philip.schmelzer2 — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:30:28 GMT

Thanks for the responses!

Fillmode = 1. Wan't able to check the elevation but I believe it should be standard 2D text. Also running AutoCAD 2015 if that makes a difference.

Re: Hollow Text in PDF and Layout Tab

jggerth — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:37:08 GMT

Check the text font file, shx or ttf/otf being used in the STYLE command. Since the arrowheads are filled, it would seem that the font file being referenced is a hollow outline font.

Re: Hollow Text in PDF and Layout Tab

philip.schmelzer2 — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:18:17 GMT

Thanks for the suggestion and it is happening regardless of the font that is used and the files all seem standard.

Re: Hollow Text in PDF and Layout Tab

jggerth — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:40:28 GMT

well, that looks correct. And, I can't replicate the issue on my machine. possibly just a display issue? is your adaptor on the certified list, and are you running correct drivers for AutoCAD?

And finally, doe it lot correctly?

Re: Hollow Text in PDF and Layout Tab

Patchy — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:49:42 GMT

Maybe dview is messing up. Can you open this one and see?

Re: Hollow Text in PDF and Layout Tab

philip.schmelzer2 — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:04:27 GMT

Turns out it was the Shades of Grey visual style. Changing that to one of the other options (2D Wireframe, Conceptual, Hidden, etc.) resolved the issue. Thanks for the help everyone, especially @quentin.contreras for ultimately finding the root cause.