Viewport printing truetype text as a graphic, not text

[dastvDSWR6]

Hi,

I've been given a CAD template, which has both model and layout tabs. I want the text to print 'as text', as opposed to a rasterised graphic, to PDF, so I'm using a style which uses a true type font.

However when I print to PDF from the layout view, it still seems to rasterise the text as if it were a graphic. Even if I create a new viewport on the same layout, it still prints as a graphic.

But, when I create a completely new document, with a model and layout tab (including a viewport) and copy over the model content, it prints 'as text' perfectly fine. I thought it might be a 'document version' thing, so I converted the working document to v2004 using trueview, but it still works fine.

There's something up with the template I've been given, but I can't figure out what. I've attached the CAD to this thread, if anybody is able to help it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

[pendean]

@dastvDSWR6 Would it help if these were one and the same?

[dmfrazier]

Check the PDF Options in the Page Setup that is applied to the layout. (How and where you do this depends on the printer/plotter/driver specified in the page setup.)

[dastvDSWR6]

Thanks for the suggestions, I'm starting to think it's something weird with my AutoCAD (2013 LT), because I can see you managed to print it to a PDF 'as text' successfully, so I used Trueview to convert it to v2013, but I'm still having the same issue (using DWG to PDF or third-party PDF writers like doPDF) it's still printing as a graphic. There are 'plotter options' where you can stipulate wherether TrueType text prints as text or a graphic, I've set it as text but to no avail.

I copied over a viewport from a fresh document onto the same layout, and it works, the text prints as text, so there's definitely something up with the viewport they've used. I've tried lots of things but to name a few, MATCHPROP between the 2x viewports, and removing all layer overrides for all viewports. But they still look different, it's like there's some hidden properties I can't get into. Is there a 'default' viewport command?

I've attached the new CAD here where I have their viewport on the left and the new viewport I made on the right (where I used MATCHPROP between.)

I can always just replace the viewport on their template but.. I'd really like to find out what's causing this, if anything for my own nerd-like curiosity.

thanks

[dastvDSWR6]

just had it confirmed - definitely something to do Autocad LT 2013. When I print it from TrueView to PDF, it works fine, and similarly with a colleagues newer version of CAD.

Very odd but... guess I'll have to live with it for now.

thanks anyway!

[dmfrazier]

Perhaps I'm barking up the wrong tree (hedge), but I would recommend replacing the PC3 file associated with the page setup that produces the unwanted results. You could either create it from scratch or copy one from somewhere else.

[pendean]

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