Dwg import font/character issue

When i open or import the attached dwg file in rhino wip, the characters change. If i open or import the same dwg file in rhino 8, the characters read same as autocad.

external_file_baseline.3dm (144.3 KB)

external_file_baseline.dwg (134.0 KB)

Rhino 9 SR0 2026-6-2 (Rhino WIP, 9.0.26153.12415, Git hash:master @ 6e68e5bb66050c38dc698d4e273cb8b18eff6123)
License type: Commercial, build 2026-06-02
License details: Cloud Zoo
Expires on: 2026-07-17

Windows 11 (10.0.26200 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 64GB)
.NET 10.0.2

Computer platform: DESKTOP

Standard graphics configuration using DirectX
Primary display: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (NVidia) Memory: 24GB, Driver date: 5-19-2026 (M-D-Y). DirectX(11)

Accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)

  • Secondary monitor attached to adapter port 0
  • Secondary monitor attached to adapter port 1
  • Secondary monitor attached to adapter port #2
  • Windows Main Display attached to adapter port #3

Secondary graphics devices.
Intel(R) UHD Graphics 770 (Intel) Memory: 2GB, Driver date: 10-18-2024 (M-D-Y).

Integrated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)

  • There are no monitors attached to this device!

DirectX Settings
Safe mode: Off

OpenBLAS: OpenBLAS 0.3.30 DYNAMIC_ARCH NO_AFFINITY Haswell MAX_THREADS=64.

Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Bongo 2.0 (64-bit)\Rhino6\Bongo.20.rhp “Bongo 2.0”

Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 9.0.26153.12415
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\WebBrowser.rhp “WebBrowser”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoScript.rhp “RhinoScript”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\IdleProcessor.rhp “IdleProcessor”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\UpdatesAndStatistics\UpdatesAndStatistics.rhp “UpdatesAndStatistics” 9.0.26153.12415
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 9.0.26153.12415
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 9.0.26153.12415
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\import_ACAD.rhp “AutoCAD file import: import_ACAD”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 9.0.26153.12415
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 9.0.26153.12415
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\Calc.rhp “Calc”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools”

Hi Dan -

This is looking the same for me in Rhino 8 as it is in Rhino 9.
You’re not running the latest version, though. Could you test this after updating?
-wim

I’ve update to the latest wip. I opened the baseline.dwg file from the latest wip, and the characters are different, even from the previous wip.

Rhino 9 SR0 2026-6-16 (Rhino WIP, 9.0.26167.11545, Git hash:master @ 57b70c19c1a95d556312e40efd60cd1c4e9f7aaf)
License type: Commercial, build 2026-06-16
License details: Cloud Zoo
Expires on: 2026-07-31

Windows 11 (10.0.26200 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 64GB)
.NET 10.0.2

Computer platform: DESKTOP

Standard graphics configuration using DirectX
Primary display: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (NVidia) Memory: 24GB, Driver date: 5-19-2026 (M-D-Y). DirectX(11)

Accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)

  • Secondary monitor attached to adapter port #0
  • Secondary monitor attached to adapter port #1
  • Secondary monitor attached to adapter port #2
  • Windows Main Display attached to adapter port #3

Secondary graphics devices.
Intel(R) UHD Graphics 770 (Intel) Memory: 2GB, Driver date: 10-18-2024 (M-D-Y).

Integrated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)

  • There are no monitors attached to this device!

DirectX Settings
Safe mode: Off

OpenBLAS: OpenBLAS 0.3.30 DYNAMIC_ARCH NO_AFFINITY Haswell MAX_THREADS=64.

Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Bongo 2.0 (64-bit)\Rhino6\Bongo.20.rhp “Bongo 2.0”

Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 9.0.26167.11545
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoScript.rhp “RhinoScript”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\AnimationTools.rhp “AnimationTools”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\UpdatesAndStatistics\UpdatesAndStatistics.rhp “UpdatesAndStatistics” 9.0.26167.11545
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 9.0.26167.11545
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 9.0.26167.11545
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 9.0.26167.11545
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 9.0.26167.11545
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\Calc.rhp “Calc”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 9 WIP\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools”