Text size in titleblock not updating

[DParkRMAK]

I am trying to make a simple adjustment to the width of text in my titleblock. Something I have done a million times but it suddenly decides to be stupid. Basically all I am trying to do is change the width factor of a label text. It works fine in the family and l0oks like it should. When I insert the title block into my project, the width resets to 0 and there is no way to change it. This makes no sense.

What is going on and how can I fix it? Something like this just should not take longer than 2 minutes to fix.

Thanks

[barthbradley]

verify that you are modifying the correct title block family.   

...last week I kept reloading a family I was working on and it wasn't updating in the view.  It was driving me crazy. I finally realized that the one in the view, wasn't the one I was modifying.  It happens.   

[ToanDN]

Is it a label for the Date/Time Stamp? if so, that thing always shows with the width ratio of 1 in projects regardless of how you have it in the family.

[DParkRMAK]

But Why though? I mean this is the most basic formatting we need in a program and you can't make two different entities that use the same font appear the same way?

I read another thread from 2016 about this having to do with an update to Revit text that never was carried through to labels or dimensions. If this is the case it needs fixing. No excuse for inconsistencies like this in a freaking piece of text. Why does Revit hate architects?

[ToanDN]

No it is not the same problem you read from the other thread. For date time stamp, use a narrow font for label instead of changing the width. A simple fix.

[barthbradley]

I'm not having issue, personally. I can change width of ALL label Text, including date/time stamp, so I'm thinking that there is something else going on here. Perhaps an Add-in? Disable Add-ins and  see.  

...What version are you on? 

[DParkRMAK]

The font we use does not have a narrow option and it is part of our company standards going back 35 years.

[DParkRMAK]

Revit 2017. I am not using any plugins.

[RobDraw]

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@DParkRMAK wrote:

But Why though? I mean this is the most basic formatting we need in a program and you can't make two different entities that use the same font appear the same way?

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Sometimes we just have to expect the unexpected. There are a lot of limitations in Revit that seem basic to us.

35 year old standard, maybe it's time to adjust the standard and call it a day. We are talking about the time/date stamp after all. Why get uptight about it?