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    Angry revit printing issue with text

    when I view text in revit, it looks correct. When I print to PDF, the text gets "squished" see attachment

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    Default Re: revit printing issue with text

    What font is that? Is it a "normal" Windows font (True Type - .TTF), or an Open Type Font .OTF?
    Revit and/or your PDF writer sometimes don't handle the OTFs well.
    Is the font available to your PDF writer?
    Next question: Does the Text Style in Revit use a width factor? Anything other than 1.0 has been known to cause issues.
    And finally, what PDF writer are you using? Can you try a different one?

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    Default Re: revit printing issue with text

    Other additional thought in addition to DavePs post.
    Are you printing vector or Raster - That's been know to give different results as well.

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    Default Re: revit printing issue with text

    Did you ever get this PDF issue resolved?

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    I'm having issues with plotting to PDF when I view the PDF, the letters are running over the next letter.

    Anyone having these issues?

    Here's a sample:



    Thanks!
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    Default Re: revit printing issue with text

    I will second that, have definitely had the problems with font set to a custom width factor, other than 1.0.

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    Default Re: revit printing issue with text

    Make sure that you're PDF writer is embedding the fonts.
    If you're using bluebeam, make sure the you don't have the windows scale and layout set to anything other than 100%.

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    Default Re: revit printing issue with text

    Quote Originally Posted by Reviteer455 View Post
    Did you ever get this PDF issue resolved?

    - - - Updated - - -

    I'm having issues with plotting to PDF when I view the PDF, the letters are running over the next letter.

    Anyone having these issues?

    Here's a sample:

    Thanks!
    Do you have multiple monitors? Do you have the same text scaling factor on all monitors? One common setup: A laptop with a 4K screen and a second 2K monitor. The 4K monitor text scaling may be at 200% (so you can actually see the interface items), while the 2K monitor is at 100%. Revit does not like this.

    See the fourth item down on the chart in this Autodesk Knowledge Network article.
    https://knowledge.autodesk.com/suppo...rom-Revit.html
    If that is not the problem, perhaps one of the other items on the chart is the culprit.

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