Special Characters in ODOTcadd font?

Where are the centerline, baseline, flowline, etc. characters in the ODOTcadd font?  The pipe, brackets, etc. appear to just be the regular true type characters.  Also, they don't appear when I look in the symbols either.  It gets to lowercase omega and then just shows a bunch of question marks.

Thanks,

Dan

  • Hi Jonathan - we're seeing the symbols, so that's great!  Can you please confirm if this is so supposed to fix the key-in codes for the characters as well?  And if it is, can you please confirm the key-in strokes? For instance, I thought I should get a symbol if I type "F2004" (without the quotes) and then press the ALT and X keys at the same time.  That's how it's working in Office products.  Is this an incorrect workflow for ORD?

    However, regardless of whether the key-ins work, the symbols are now showing up, so that's a huge improvement - especially for a Friday afternoon.

    Thanks!


    Dan

  • PERMENENT FIX FOR ODOT CADD FONT.

    If you go to the MstnFontConfig.xml in the file path of \WorkSpaces\OHDOT\Standards\Fonts and comment out the line <GlyphShaping>Disabled</GlyphShaping> under the Language Settings for Engilsh to read as <!-- <GlyphShaping>Disabled</GlyphShaping> --> then the ODOTCADD font will work.

  • Hi Jonathan,

    Thanks for the recommendation and assistance, but unfortunately it didn't resolve anything - and yes, I did reboot Grinning (years of IT experience tells me that was your next question).  I'll figure something else out.

    Thanks again.

    Dan

  • No problem. See you at the meeting!

    Eric Thomas
    Owner, Eric Thomas Consulting LLC
    CADD Consultant for The Ohio Department of Transportation

  • Dan,

    Here is a fix for the Bentley Defect. This will allow the ODOTCADD symbols to be available for use.

    Place this file at the following location.

    C:\Program Files\Bentley\OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition\OpenRoadsDesigner\Default\Data\PDFL\Unicode\mappings\win

    #cp1200
    
    0x00	0xF1100	#SUPER ZERO
    0x01	0xF1101	#SUPER ONE
    0x02	0xF1102	#SUPER TWO
    0x03	0xF1103	#SUPER THREE
    0x04	0xF1104	#SUPER FOUR
    0x05	0xF1105	#SUPER FIVE
    0x06	0xF1106	#SUPER SIX
    0x07	0xF1107	#SUPER SEVEN
    0x08	0xF1108	#SUPER EIGHT
    0x09	0xF1109	#SUPER NINE
    0x10	0xF1110	#SUB ZERO
    0x11	0xF1110	#SUB ONE
    0x12	0xF1110	#SUB TWO
    0x13	0xF1110	#SUB THREE
    0x14	0xF1110	#SUB FOUR
    0x15	0xF1110	#SUB FIVE
    0x16	0xF1110	#SUB SIX
    0x17	0xF1110	#SUB SEVEN
    0x18	0xF1110	#SUB EIGHT
    0x19	0xF1110	#SUB NINE
    0x20	0xF1120	#ONE HALF
    0x30	0xF1130	#ONE THIRD
    0x31	0xF1131	#TWO THIRDS
    0x40	0xF1140 #ONE QUARTER
    0x41	0xF1141	#THREE QUARTERS
    0x50	0xF1150	#ONE FIFTH
    0x51	0xF1151	#TWO FIFTHS
    0x52	0xF1152	#THREE FIFTHS
    0x53	0xF1153	#FOUR FIFTHS
    0x60	0xF1160	#ONE SIXTH
    0x61	0xF1161	#FIVE SIXTHS
    0x70	0xF1170	#ONE EIGTH
    0x71	0xF1171	#THREE EIGTHS
    0x72	0xF1172	#FIVE EIGTHS
    0x73	0xF1173	#SEVEN EIGTHS
    0x80	0xF1180	#ONE SIXTEENTH
    0x81	0xF1181	#THREE SIXTEENTHS
    0x82	0xF1182	#FIVE SIXTEENTHS
    0x83	0xF1183	#SEVEN SIXTEENTHS
    0x84	0xF1184	#NINE SIXTEENTHS
    0x85	0xF1185	#ELEVEN SIXTEENTHS
    0x86	0xF1186	#THIRTEEN SIXTEENTHS
    0x87	0xF1187	#FIFTEEN SIXTEENTHS
    0x90	0xF1190	#ONE THIRTY SECOND
    0x91	0xF1191	#THREE THIRTY SECONDS
    0x92	0xF1192	#FIVE THIRTY SECONDS
    0x93	0xF1193	#SEVEN THIRTY SECONDS
    0x94	0xF1194	#NINE THIRTY SECONDS
    0x95	0xF1195	#ELEVEN THIRTY SECONDS
    0x96	0xF1196	#THIRTEEN THIRTY SECONDS
    0x97	0xF1197	#FIFTEEN THIRTY SECONDS
    0x98	0xF1198	#SEVENTEEN THIRTY SECONDS
    0x99	0xF1199	#NINTEEN THIRTY SECONDS
    0x9A	0xF119A	#TWENTY ONE THIRTY SECONDS
    0x9B	0xF119B	#TWENTY THREE THIRTY SECONDS
    0x9C	0xF119C	#TWENTY FIVE THIRTY SECONDS
    0x9D	0xF119D	#TWENTY SEVEN THIRTY SECONDS
    0x9E	0xF119E	#TWENTY NINE THIRTY SECONDS
    0x9F	0xF119F	#THIRTY ONE THIRTY SECONDS
    0xA0	0xF11A0	#ONE SIXTY FOURTH
    0xA1	0xF11A1	#THREE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xA2	0xF11A2	#FIVE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xA3	0xF11A3	#SEVEN SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xA4	0xF11A4	#NINE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xA5	0xF11A5	#ELEVEN SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xA6	0xF11A6	#THIRTEEN SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xA7	0xF11A7	#FIFTEEN SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xA8	0xF11A8	#SEVENTEEN SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xA9	0xF11A9	#NINETEEN SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xAA	0xF11AA	#TWENTY ONE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xAB	0xF11AB	#TWENTY THREE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xAC	0xF11AC	#TWENTY FIVE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xAD	0xF11AD	#TWENTY SEVEN SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xAE	0xF11AE	#TWENTY NINE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xAF	0xF11AF	#THRITY ONE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xB0	0xF11B0	#THRITY THREE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xB1	0xF11B1	#THRITY FIVE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xB2	0xF11B2	#THRITY SEVEN SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xB3	0xF11B3	#THRITY NINE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xB4	0xF11B4	#FOURTY ONE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xB5	0xF11B5	#FOURTY THREE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xB6	0xF11B6	#FOURTY FIVE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xB7	0xF11B7	#FOURTY SEVEN SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xB8	0xF11B8	#FOURTY NINE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xB9	0xF11B9	#FIFTY ONE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xBA	0xF11BA	#FIFTY THREE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xBB	0xF11BB	#FIFTY FIVE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xBC	0xF11BC	#FIFTY SEVEN SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xBD	0xF11BD	#FIFTY NINE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xBE	0xF11BE	#SIXTY ONE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xBF	0xF11BF	#SIXTY THREE SIXTY FOURTHS
    0xC0	0xF2000	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xC1	0xF2001	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xC2	0xF2002	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xC3	0xF2003	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xC4	0xF2004	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xC5	0xF2005	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xC6	0xF2006	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xC7	0xF2007	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xC8	0xF2008	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xC9	0xF2009	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xCA	0xF200A	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xCB	0xF200B	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xCC	0xF200C	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xCD	0xF200D	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xCE	0xF200E	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xCF	0xF200F	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xD0	0xF2010	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xD1	0xF2011	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xD2	0xF2012	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xD3	0xF2013	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xD4	0xF2014	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xD5	0xF2015	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xD6	0xF2016	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xD7	0xF2017	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xD8	0xF2018	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xD9	0xF2019	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL
    0xDA	0xF201A	#ENGINEERING SYMBOL