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am having the same problem with AutoCAD 2010 When I use the export PDF
function and the Arial or Verdana fonts (possibly others too) adobe gives the
error message. For example with the arial font I get: "Cannot find or create
the font "ArialMT" There appears to be no ArialMT font in the windows font
directory, but there is an arial.ttf However when I print to the cutepdf
printer the file opens fine and all of the text displays. Any suggestions on
how to resolve this issue?
Hello!
I also have the same problem with ACAD MEP 2011.
But, when I try to create PDF file from DWG file in ACAD 2008, then there are no problems, no messages!!
I use custom made DWG to PDF.dwg file, which has all the settings set OK (that means paper size set to 1050x2500, Standard quality and such).
When we, in the office, create PDF's from DWG's we use Publish option. Then we import created "DWG to PDF.dwg" file and there are no problems, when created within ACAD 2008.
But, as I said, the message appears when created with ACAD 2011.
So, I don't think it the Adobe Acrobat problem, but maybe some ACAD 2011 PDF drivers. Or at least, something like that.
Any ideas on this"
Thanks guys!
I had the same problem in 2011 but the "capture all" solution worked fine.
Some of the other suggestions above were not really suitable because it was not a font selection issue and the PDF was not viewable on the same machine it was created on. AutoCAD would substitute ArialMT for Arial when certain characters were included and mess up the PDF. Why do you need a special font for the squared symbol or the letter Q?
hello, I found the way to solve this problem its quite easy....
once you have selected the dwg to pdf printer:
1- click on properties
2-select the device and document settings
3-click the + button on the custon folder to open and then click on the custom properties
4-on the custom acces dialog window, click on custom properties
5-about the middle of the new window there is a section called font handling, select the option "capture some", and then click "edit font list"
6- a font list will appear and then you can select the ones you need or click select all
7-click "OK" all the way back to the plot window and it will ask you if you want to save the changes for that document only or set them for the autocad program, select what you need.
hope it works fine for everyone!!
If you have Acrobat you can also de-embed the fonts and re-embed if desired. Sometimes that can fix font issues if you are combining multiple documents.
We are ripping PDFs using Adobe CPSI. Getting PDF files with font problems from different customers I am sure that Autodesk HAS a font problem. EACH support ticket regarding PDF font problems has a producer like pdfplot1x.hdi.
Maybe someone from the Autodesk helpdesk should contact someone from Adobes helpdesk and talk about font issues.
If you don't have problem files give me a mail. I can not attach the files here because they are copyrighted by others.
The embedded FONTS issue must be corrected by the file creator, NOT the file recipient: both Adobe and Autodesk to date allow the publisher/author of the document full control, not the recipient/reader.
Until the fundamentals of PDF creation change (not likely), it will remain a fact.
Thanks for the solution mikeaarq
I had the same problem this week.
I have AutoCAD 2011 full (in french), and I try to export, not plot, a drawing in PDF with the exportpdf command .
I don't use exotic font, just Arial, but in French there is a lot of accented characters (é, è, à, ç ...).
In the PDF, all the lines without accented characters were good, and all the lines with accented characters were replaced with a serie of dots.
When I open my PDF with acrobat, i have a error message: "Cannot fin or create the font ArialMT", although I only use Arial.
Then I try your solution.
1 - Start to plot the drawing
2 - Select "DWG To PDF.pc3" printer
3 - Choose "Properties"
4 - In the tab "Device and document settings", clic on the + button on the custon folder to open and then click on the custom properties
5 - On the custom acces dialog window, click on custom properties
6 - In the middle of the new window, in the section called font handling, select the option "capture some", and then click "edit font list"
7 - In the font list that appear, clic "Select all", to have all the font
8 - Then click "OK" all the way back to the plot window.
Now it works fine, thanks a lot.
But there should be an easier solution for users.
1. OP
2. Plot & Publish tab
3. Add or Configure Plotters button
4. select "DWG To PDF" PC3 file
5. select "Device & Document Settings" tab
6. select "Custom Properties" from the tree in upper part of window. By doing so it opens the "Access Custom Dialog" section in lower section of the window
7. push "Custom Properties" button.
8. select "Capture all" & pick "As geometry"
9. select ok @ bottoms of windows to close your way out.
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