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Using AutoCAD Unicode symbols in Excel

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mikegera
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Using AutoCAD Unicode symbols in Excel

Many of the "AutoCAD" Unicode symbols transfer seamlessly to Excel.  For example: U+2205 (diameter symbol).

 

Some, however, such as U+E100 (boundary line symbol) do not.

 

Is this a font issue?  Am I missing something?

 

Thanks for any help.

 

EDIT:

 

I just realized that there's a list of supported fonts at the bottom of the linked page above.  I changed the Excel font to Simplex and it worked.  However, the symbols appear *very* faint, even when bolded.  Strange.

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RobDraw
in reply to: mikegera

You should respond to yourself and mark the post as the solution.


Rob

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mikegera
in reply to: RobDraw

Check out how faint the "sub-L" symbols appear in Excel.  Any ideas?  Thanks.

 

Screenshot below, Excel file attached.

 

AutoCAD_symbols_01.png

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pendean
in reply to: mikegera

Simplex is designed that way, that's why:

 

pendean_0-1685483520391.png

 

Why don't you preview the font in Windows' FONTS folder like above to see more and explore.

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cadffm
in reply to: mikegera

Nothing to do with AutoCAD program, it is how the chars look like by the font "you are using".

For example:

CADffm_0-1685486320013.png

 

Line13 -> Font RomanS (pls see also my example char "R")

Line14 -> Font Calibri (pls see also my example char "R")

 

If you can find a Windows-Font who have the same char at the same charcode but will displaying the char more bold,

use them! If you can't find it: It is what it is!

 

For example: You are using RomanS.ttf, take a look in you Font list, is there a RomanS_IV50.ttf too?

This one is more bold.

Hard to see in this screenshot, but it is.

CADffm_1-1685486772165.png

 

Sebastian

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