Hebrew text isn't showing properly when exporting

[Ofek_]

Hello, When I'm previewing my file before plotting, it looks how it should be, the same as I see it when editing.
However, after plotting the file, almost the whole text isn't showing properly.

Please help. I tried to mess with some settings but with no success.

The PNG file is how it should be, the PDF file is after exporting, how it shouldn't be.

[pendean]

Greetings. Your post's title should have been more explicit and details about the use of Hebrew text so it catches the attention of folks around here. I believe you can still change it. I's too generic as it is now.

In the meantime...  I don't know if this is the font you used in AutoCAD (it's in your PDF), is it by chance?

And it looks like the PDF embedded font changed direction on you if I am looking at this correctly, yes?

[Ofek_]

Hello,
Yes, the font on the pdf changed direction. While the text on the png, which is a screenshot from the “preview” option, stays how it should be.

[pendean]

May I ask why you chose this PDF driver?

What if you tried one of the 5+ PDF drivers inside AutoCAD if that would make a difference?

And if you have it, try an Adobe or BlueBeam branded PDF driver installed in Windows on your PC as well?

[Ofek_]

Thanks for the replays. I chose the print to PDF driver because I wanted to get a PDF of the sketch.
I really don’t know how to set a different PDF driver (?)
I just exported the PDF file with the default settings.

[pendean]

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@Ofek_ wrote:
Thanks for the replays. I chose the print to PDF driver because I wanted to get a PDF of the sketch.
I really don’t know how to set a different PDF driver (?)
I just exported the PDF file with the default settings.

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In AutoCAD, you can do this from EXPORTPDF command

and in PLOT command

And in PUBLISH command

[Ofek_]

I've tried all the solutions you suggested above, but all of them create a PDF with messy sentences.

[james.jinan.xue]

@Ofek_ 

Could you check the Windows Region Settings in your machine? 

It's in : Control Panel\Clock and Region ->Region->Administrative->Language for non-Unicode programs

If it's set to Hebrew (Israel), these workarounds may help:

• Change the system locale to English. 
• Or input GRAPHICSCONFIG in AutoCAD then switch to Intermediate Mode (See the image below)

   

[Ofek_]

Thanks for the replay
Yes, my pc is set to Hebrew (Israel)
I've changed it to English, but when I loaded again to the dwg file the text was already messy, in the editing view and at the preview page.
I changed the 2D Display Settings to Intermediate, but again the same effects occurred as the first suggestion.
Attaching two screenshots
One is with Advanced Mode as before - displaying how it should be.
The other is with Intermediate Mode - displaying messy text.

[james.jinan.xue]

Do you mean in AutoCAD default setting (Advanced Mode) and Hebrew (Israel) as Locale, the display in canvas is correct but plot to PDF is wrong?

And could you share a sample drawing?

Maybe only small part of your drawing but which can reproduce issue in your machine.

[Ofek_]

Thanks again for the replay,
Do you mean in AutoCAD default setting (Advanced Mode) and Hebrew (Israel) as Locale, the display in canvas is correct but plot to PDF is wrong?       ---- Yes, exactly.
Attaching one of the drawings:

[james.jinan.xue · Accepted solution]

I check the dwg in AutoCAD 2024 and Hebrew (Israel) as Locale.

It seems the string in text is created reversed.  For example, the text "3X70mm^2" maybe inputed as "2^mm07X3" when creating the text. 

According to your shared screenshot, you seem using AutoCAD 2025. Currently there is an issue in AutoCAD 2025 for TrueType Text when Region is Hebrew (Israel) and AutoCAD is in Advanced mode.  Text start with number will be displayed reversed in order in display.  This issue is only in canvas display and plot review. Not the plot to PDF result. 

So let make the text "2^mm07X3" as example. 

In canvas, due to the issue, it was reversed displayed as "3X70mm^2" , and it looks "correct" but actual wrong. Plot result is same as the original text "2^mm07X3" which look "wrong" but actually correct since it same as the text. 

I'm sorry. But seems you may need to switch to Intermediate Mode (No need for change locale to English).

Then what you see in editing should be same as plot to PDF result. 

You then need to correct any text in wrong order. 

[Ofek_]

Isn't there a better solution?? Rewriting all the files is going to take me forever!!