topic Bold text PDF issue in AutoCAD for Mac Forum

Bold text PDF issue

doug_williamsLAFP5 — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:54:50 GMT

When PDFing some title block text needs to appear in bold.

It looks correct on the DWG paper space, but not once on the PDF.

Any thoughts?

AutoCAD LT 2021 Mac

Re: Bold text PDF issue

pendean — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:47:46 GMT

Font substitution in your PDF viewer perhaps: what font is that?

Re: Bold text PDF issue

doug_williamsLAFP5 — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:51:59 GMT

Arial Bold.

Should be no issue in PDF viewer, standard font.

Re: Bold text PDF issue

pendean — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 21:55:11 GMT

Arial Bold, is, well BOLD, not to be confused with ARIAL: your PDF looks absolutely correct with this information.

Re: Bold text PDF issue

maxim_k — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 05:08:45 GMT

Hi @doug_williamsLAFP5

Have you installed >>>>this<<<< Hotfix?

Re: Bold text PDF issue

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 18:40:16 GMT

Did you ever figure this out by chance? I'm currently having the same issue although I am using a different font. Looks bold in the .dwg but as soon as I open the .pdf all the text looks same none if it is bolded.

Re: Bold text PDF issue

pendean — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 19:25:01 GMT

>>>....Looks bold in the .dwg ...<<<
@Anonymous TTF fonts can look bold if they have a Z-setting.

Or this is your issue https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-for-mac-forum/bold-text-pdf-issue/m-p/10096155#M40457

What investigating have you done so far?

Re: Bold text PDF issue

maxim_k — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 19:40:44 GMT

Hi @Anonymous,

What font you are using?
Is it one of the default macOS fonts?
Please specify also your AutoCAD version and macOS version.