topic Re: ttf font appears bold instead of regular in AutoCAD for Mac Forum

ttf font appears bold instead of regular

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:21:12 GMT

Hi Team.

I consistently use Open Sans as my Font type. Somehow it has dropped out of my CAD.

I have removed all Open Sans TTFs from the folder. Regular/Italic/Bold/Bold italic. Restart the Mac. Drop TTFs back in folder. Restart Mac. Then whenever I open autoCAD everything that is meant to be regular comes up Bold in model space even when its properties show it as regular.

When I type styles to check my font the previews show

regular as bold.

Italic as bold italic.

Bold italic as bold

and bold is correct as bold.

Any help would be great thanks!!

Re: ttf font appears bold instead of regular

maxim_k — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 04:28:47 GMT

Hi David,

From this thread:
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/ttf-font-appears-bold-instead-of-regular/m-p/8464383#M960762
I see you are using 2018 version of AutoCAD.
I tested Open Sans TTFs on my side in 2018 version and everything looks fine.

So the problem on your side could be in Open Sans fonts you installed on your Mac.

Can you test fonts in the attachment?

Re: ttf font appears bold instead of regular

dgorsman — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 17:50:14 GMT

Also, check the Z-axis ordinate. Non-zero values (may still appear as "0" due to display precision) tend to "puff up" TTF text. Try changing the Z-axis ordinate of the text to a non-zero number such as 1.0, then back to 0.0.

Re: ttf font appears bold instead of regular

ChrisPreece — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:57:28 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

I'm just checking in to see if you need more help with this. Did the suggestions that @maxim_k and @dgorsman provided work for you?

If so, please click Accept as Solution on the posts that helped you so others in the community can find them easily.

Re: ttf font appears bold instead of regular

Anonymous — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 00:27:28 GMT

Hi Maxim

Thanks for you help so far.

I dropped your attached TTFs into my Fonts/TTF folder. In CAD I typed in the Style command and it still shows the regular as bold in the preview window, and in model space.

Kind regards,

Re: ttf font appears bold instead of regular

maxim_k — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 04:13:29 GMT

Please verify that you removed all Open Sans font instances from Fonts folder (in both - Home and System Library folders) as well as from Fonts -> TTF folder inside AutoCAD application folder.

After installing fonts I attached to your Home Library -> Fonts folder you should see four Open Sans instances in "Text Style" window:

And "Open Sans" font should behave correctly as you see on the screenshot form my system.

OpenSans-Bold.ttf

OpenSans-BoldItalic.ttf

OpenSans-Italic.ttf

OpenSans-Regular.ttf

will give you "Open Sans"

OpenSansExtraBold-Italic.ttf

OpenSansExtraBold-Regular.ttf

will give you "Open Sans ExtraBold"

OpenSansLight-Italic.ttf

OpenSansLight-Regular.ttf

will give you "Open Sans Light"

OpenSansSemiBold-Italic.ttf

OpenSansSemiBold-Regular.ttf

will give you "Open Sans SemiBold"

In Font Book you should see:

You may also need to restart your Mac.

Re: ttf font appears bold instead of regular

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 18:18:01 GMT

Hi team. Could I ask you to help me with solving the same problem, please? I use Zirkel Regular and Zirkel Bold on MacBook. Both fonts are visible in the text styles but always appear as bold then... I tried all the solutions mentioned above but nothing works. Would you know what to do? Thank you for your advice!

Re: ttf font appears bold instead of regular

maxim_k — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:06:57 GMT

Welcome to Autodesk Forums!

Hi Miroslav,

Do you use commercial Zirkel font from >>>>this<<<< page?

If yes, then I cannot test the problem you have, because i don't have this font on hand.

Re: ttf font appears bold instead of regular

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:33:38 GMT

Hi Maxim,

thank you for your response. Yes, it's a commercial version of Zirkel. >> Here << I attach the font in ttf format – converted from otf. Could I ask you to prove it, please?

Re: ttf font appears bold instead of regular

maxim_k — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:00:57 GMT

>>>>Could I ask you to prove it, please?
Yes, I have the same issue with this font on my side.
As soon as I add both font files - regular and bold - to my Fonts folder, both fonts shows as bold in AutoCAD for Mac.
But if I add only "zirkel regular.ttf" font, it shows as regular in AutoCAD.
Looks like there is something wrong in font files....

Re: ttf font appears bold instead of regular

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 15:12:42 GMT

Yes, that is exactly the problem. Thank you for trying, Maxim... Would you have any idea what can be wrong with the font?

Re: ttf font appears bold instead of regular

maxim_k — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 17:02:51 GMT

Miroslav,

Try attached fonts.

Don't forget to remove all instances of Zirkel font in Font book app before installing new.

Re: ttf font appears bold instead of regular

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 13:53:07 GMT

Maxim, thank you so much, it works now. Could I ask you, what the problem was?

Re: ttf font appears bold instead of regular

maxim_k — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 16:33:33 GMT

Miroslav,
The problem was in Style Linking inside Bold variation of the font.
The Bold style was not linked to the Regular.

I was able to repair this problem with Glyphs app.

Re: ttf font appears bold instead of regular

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 16:39:48 GMT

Thank you very much!

All the best!

Re: ttf font appears bold instead of regular

maxim_k — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 19:07:37 GMT

Welcome to Autodesk Forums!

Hi @Anonymous,

Can you provide more details about your problem?
Please specify AutoCAD version you have and macOS version installed on your Mac.

And ... don't attach pirated links to your posts.