topic Re: PDF fonts not showing up correctly in AutoCAD Forum

PDF fonts not showing up correctly

branko_jovovic — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 20:54:06 GMT

Hi,

I am having an issue when I create a PDF file in AutoCAD the fonts are not showing correctly in Adobe Acrobat.

I am using the fonts: Inter Black, Inter SemiBold, and Sofia Pro Semi Bold.

It seems that when I open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat he is transferring all those fonts to Arial.

Just for clarification, I have all those fonts installed o my computer, and in my Adobe Creative Cloud.

Any help?

Thank you!

Re: PDF fonts not showing up correctly

paullimapa — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 21:49:11 GMT

Questions:

1. What printer are you using to create the PDF from AutoCAD?

2. When you use those fonts in other programs like Word and create a PDF, are there same issues?

Re: PDF fonts not showing up correctly

branko_jovovic — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 08:44:27 GMT

Hi Paul,

Thank you for your fast reply.

1. I am using DWG to PDF.pc3 printer in AutoCAD

2. When I use those fonts in any other program like Photoshop or Word and save them as PDFs, the fonts are showing normally in Adobe.

Re: PDF fonts not showing up correctly

Alfred.NESWADBA — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:03:49 GMT

Hi,

>> when I create a PDF file in AutoCAD

Can you verify that inside the plot-dialog ==> PDF Options you have checked "Capture fonts used in the drawing"?

...as shown in this screenshot:

Also 2 other questions:

are these fonts of type OTF or TTF?
are these fonts free or not (if not the PDF-creation may avoid embedding fonts into PDF as you are not allowed to distribute them, but have not really tested such scenarios)

- alfred -

Re: PDF fonts not showing up correctly

branko_jovovic — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:15:46 GMT

Hi Alfred,

Thank you for your reply.

Quick answers:

1. Yes, Capture fonts used in the drawing is ticked.

2. Attached are the fonts.

Re: PDF fonts not showing up correctly

Alfred.NESWADBA — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:34:52 GMT

Hi,

well, you are using OpenType fonts, and these are not supported with AutoCAD.

You may find public sites which can convert OTF to TTF and then use the TTF fonts in AutoCAD.

- alfred -

Re: PDF fonts not showing up correctly

Valentin_CAD — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:20:46 GMT

@Alfred.NESWADBA ,

His fonts seem to be TrueType outlines (not PostScript outlines).

OpenType PostScript font compatibility in AutoCAD

It may be were it was installed:

How to install a font into AutoCAD

Re: PDF fonts not showing up correctly

branko_jovovic — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:35:24 GMT

Hi Valentin,

Actually, I did all this and my fonts are installed on Windows under fonts.

Just to be clear, I can see those fonts in AutoCAD, so they are showing correctly but when I create a PDF and open the PDF in Adobe, the fonts are not showing correctly, meaning they look all the same, like Arial.

I am sharing you screenshot and a PDF.

Re: PDF fonts not showing up correctly

Valentin_CAD — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:40:53 GMT

@branko_jovovic ,

I believe this is more a Adobe Creative Cloud issue.

Follow this suggestion:

Troubleshoot font activation problems in Creative Cloud

Re: PDF fonts not showing up correctly

branko_jovovic — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:43:45 GMT

But what is strange is when I create the same PDF in Word, it is showing correctly.

The same goes for Photoshop.

The only issue I have is when PDF is created in AutoCAD.

Re: PDF fonts not showing up correctly

Alfred.NESWADBA — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:49:16 GMT

Hi,

>> His fonts seem to be TrueType outlines

But you'll see that plotting with these types of fonts makes issues.

That's why I suggested to convert them to TTF and run the same plot test again.

>> when I create the same PDF in Word

Well, MS-Word is based on characters and fonts, it's a complete other program working basically with text.

AutoCAD is basically working with geometry and vectors, text is used, but it's not the majority usage of the software and so it handles fonts totally different.

- alfred -

Re: PDF fonts not showing up correctly

branko_jovovic — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:14:17 GMT

This is so strange.

The Inter font shows that it is actually ttf.

Please check the attached screenshots.

I am sharing with you the font.

I tried to convert this font to ttf but it is showing that this font is already ttf.???

Re: PDF fonts not showing up correctly

Valentin_CAD — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:23:18 GMT

@branko_jovovic ,

May want to try the suggestions from this link:

Re: PDF fonts not showing up correctly

Alfred.NESWADBA — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:48:32 GMT

Hi,

I did:

renamed your file from TTF to OTF
used this site to convert the OTF: https://cloudconvert.com/otf-to-ttf
Downloaded the converted TTF-file from that site
In Windows Explorer right-clicked the file and used option "Install" from the context menu (you may need first to uninstall the previous one).
created a new drawing in AutoCAD
set the style to use this font
created a text with that style
plottet to "AutoCAD PDF (General documentation).pc3"

...the PDF shows that:

For me that looks exactly the same as it does in AutoCAD and in the PDF created from AutoCAD and inside MS-Word.

The only difference might be that I'm not using Adobe Viewer, but instead PDF-XChange Viewer.

Please find attached DWG, TTF (the converted one) and the PDF

- alfred -

Re: PDF fonts not showing up correctly

branko_jovovic — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:37:20 GMT

Hi,

So basically I have uninstalled all my fonts (Inter and Sofia Pro) and installed them again and now everything is working correctly.

I didn't convert anything since my fonts already show they are ttf.

Not sure what the problem was initially since I used the same folder to install the fonts.

Anyway, thank you all for your help!