Font issue Robot

[Anonymous]

Hi community!

For a personal project, I needed to add a font into Autocad. This font is Rototo which is a ttf. file that I downloaded from Google Fonts. Roboto was already into Autocad but with very few options of thickness that why I downloaded all the other options (thin, extra thin….)

First of all I have installed the font into my operating system and then I restart my Mac.

That works: Roboto was available in other softwares. Then I copied and pasted the same font into Autocad following the normal procedure:  Autodesk>Autocad 2019>show package>Contents>Resources>Font: copy and paste.

Then I restarted my Mac again and opened Autocad but into Style I still can see only the 4 styles of Roboto that were present before and not the new options installed.

I attached 2 screenshots that show the discrepancy between the path with the all Roboto family installed and Autocad with only 4 options.

Can anyone help me with this issue? I already read the other forum with the same kind of problem without success.

Many thanks in advance!

Charlie

[maxim_k]

Hi Charlie,

You don't need to put TTF fonts inside AutoCAD application folder, put them to ~Library/Fonts folder only.

Now about the issue:

AutoCAD cannot see font variations other then Regular, Italic, Bold and Bold Italic inside one font family.

All Roboto fonts from Google belong to one family - Roboto, so AutoCAD doesn't see Light, Medium and other font variations.

But there is a workaround:

Use TTF font application to edit TTF fonts you want to use in AutoCAD. You can use FontForge application for example. Modify TTF Names section for each of the font variations AutoCAD cannot recognize - Thin, Light, etc. And give it unique name, for example for Black variation - add Black to Roboto name:

 Now generate TTF font and put it to ~Library/Fonts folder.

Here how all font variations will look in AutoCAD after you will add unique names:

[Anonymous]

Hi Maxim,

Many thanks for your quick and very clear answer.

Can you tell me another font application instead of Font Forge because with Mac it's a little complicated (I have to download different app). 

Is there any application that I can use online without download?

I never use this kind of app so the simpler the better...

Many thanks!

Charlie

[maxim_k]

>>>>Is there any application that I can use online without download?

I don't think so

>>>>>Can you tell me another font application instead of Font Forge

All other Font authoring applications are not free.

Anyway, try fonts from the attached archive. Remove all Roboto fonts you tried to install, put fonts from the archive to the ~Library/Fonts folder or install with FontBook app.

Don't forget to restart AutoCAD after you install fonts.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, I've tried but the result is the same: only bold, bold italic, italic and regular are visible.
Probably because as you mentioned before, all styles are under Roboto family.
I downloaded FontForge. Once open, I selected the library font, selected all the Roboto family and then…?
Can you guide me to find the way to change the ttf name? I cannot find the right section.
I attached the screenshot of my actual position.

Thanks again for your great help.
Charlie

[Anonymous]

Hi Maxin,

In the meantime I got it!
Many thanks for your help and patience with me.

Charlie

[maxim_k]

Hi Charlie,

From what I understand, you were able to test the fonts that I edited and the issue is now resolved.

For the future.

You need to open font in FontForge one by one, then go to menu Element -> Font Info, select TTF Names on the left side, then edit Preferred Family field as I showed in my previous post. Next step - use menu File -> Generate fonts -> TrueType font -> Generate. you may see some warnings about errors in font, but in most cases you can ignore them.