This situation is created by the Geopak labeling tools, but I believe there should be a MicroStation solution because the core of this is a MicroStation function.
Our client has provided us an RSC file for certain fonts, but this file also has "extra" RSC fonts that are duplicates of certain TTF. We are supposed to use the TTF when we can, so I don't know why the RSC has those duplicate fonts (probably lax housekeeping).
It is very easy to accidentally (or through software labeling) use the RSC version of the font. This causes issues when files are sent to other places (or worked on in other offices) that (for whatever reason) do not have that RSC file. Because the RSC font is a duplicate of the TTF, things all look the same on our screens, but not the same (missing font) when opened in other places. As you can imagine, this is a bit of a mess.
I know about the MstnFontConfig.xml, where I can tell Microstation to "hide duplicates", but that will hide subsequent fonts with the same name, and the first one found (and the one shown) is always the (bad) RSC font. This does not help!
Is there any way to tell MicroStation to PREFER the TTF in case there is a font match?Alternately, is there a way to remove one font from an RSC file?
Even better, is there a way to search for text in ALL places text-like objects can be found (notes, dimensions, cells, etc.) for a certain font, and just change the font without changing anything else? No, some of these were not created with a text style...I didn't set this up but it's my job to clean it up now.
Thank you.MaryB
You may try using Select By Attributes to select all text and then use Change Text Attributes to change only the font.
I can Select by Attributes to choose text and text nodes with the offending font, but that doesn't work on Cells (my biggest problem) or Dimensions/Notes.
I also can't select ALL the elements in the file to Change Text Attributes, because there are other fonts in the file that are just fine the way they are.
Is there no way to remove a single font from an RSC?
MaryB
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Try using the Font Utilities
Key-in - mdl load fontutilities;font utilities dialog
This tool is included with MicroStation starting in SS4 (I think, maybe SS3). It's available in CONNECT as well.
Click Manage in the left panel. You can create a new .rsc file, then copy over the non-TTF fonts from the old .rsc to the new .rsc.
Rod WingSenior Systems Analyst
Answer Verified By: MaryB
THAT'S the tool I was thinking about! Thank you.