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file pair: txt.shx and bigfont.shx. For more information, see Use Text Fonts for
International Work (page 543).
In previous releases, you could display PostScript
®
fonts in the drawing. Because
later releases cannot display PostScript fonts, Autodesk has supplied TrueType
font equivalents. These PostScript fonts are mapped to the equivalent TrueType
fonts in a font mapping file. Additionally, when a TrueType font is not
available, you can specify a different TrueType font, making sure that the
fonts are similar to avoid text length or wrapping problems.
If the default font does not support the characters you enter using the In-Place
Text Editor (MTEXT command), an alternative font is substituted.
CIF or MIF codes entered with the In-Place Text Editor or with the TEXT
command are now automatically converted to display the actual characters.
Edit the Font Mapping File
A font mapping file is a list of text fonts and their substitutes. If a text font
used in a drawing cannot be located, another text font is substituted for the
missing font using a font mapping file.
Each line in the font mapping file contains the name of a font file (with no
file extension or path) followed by a semicolon (;) and the name of the
substitute font file. The substitute file name includes a file extension such as
.ttf.
A font mapping file is an ordinary ASCII text file with a .fmp extension. The
default font mapping file is acad.fmp. You can change the font assignments
in a font mapping file using any ASCII text editor.
For example, you could use the following entry in a font map file to specify
that the timesnr.pfb font file be substituted with the times.ttf font file:
timesnr;times.ttf
The following table shows the font substitution rules used if a font file cannot
be located when a drawing is opened.
Font substitution
Fourth map-
ping order
Third mapping
order
Second mapping
order
First mapping or-
der
File exten-
sion
Windows substitutes
a similar font
Use font defined in
text style
Use font mapping
table
.ttf
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