Expert: Bob - 8/4/2010

Question
This applies to Autocad Mechanical desktop 2008. Aeropspace dwgs.  25 year user.  Issue: A drawing contains TrueType® text objects that are displayed as filled in paper space. However, in the plot preview and hardcopy output, the TrueType text objects and arrowheads are plotted as outlines and are not filled.  I've found nothing in the preferences or plot setups that turns fill on/off

Answer
Hi

In HELP, you will find the TEXTFILL command.

You did not mention whether you are trying to plot HIDDEN - and I would always appreciate the answer to "what happens when you use a small office printer for a portion of the drawing -- is the result different than you get from the plotter?" (plotter configuration and plotstyle are maybes in causing your problem)

Best thing for me to do is send you to the print/plot group. By typing TRUE TYPE FILL into search, I got plenty of hits. I suggest you do that, and take the experience of others better than me, perhaps people with your exact font and plotter.

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Printing-and-Plotting/bd-p/30

I HIGHLY recommend the Autodesk groups. Also HELP, and the tutorials that come with each release, explaining new features, are great.
Many of the long-time users got turned off 10+ years ago, when Autodesk was less user-friendly.

Write back if I missed it.

BTW-- this is a perennial question, so you aint the only one to apparently ignore TEXTFILL

BOB