Font Not Found

Rhino Rhino for Windows
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When opening a file that imported objects from a DWG file, I receive the error “This file uses a font not found on this computer.” I have NO text objects in this file. How do I found out why Rhino thinks that this font is associated with an existing object?
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It is probably part of a style (Text, dimension or multi-leader) try to investigate it in AutoCAD.

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Yes, I realize that but I removed all styles, purged them, removed all text, etc and the error still persists. This file was given to me and I do not have Autocad to investigate. There must be a way in Rhino to figure out what objects are using what fonts, or simply listing objects in the file that are using fonts. Anyway to do this?

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SOLVED: Went to Options, Annotation Styles, and selected the only annotation style listed. Rhino showed the font that was missing. Simply changed it.

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I had this issue a while back, everytime I opened a file- ‘font not found’, was a real pain, it somehow magically went away after about a month :man_shrugging:t3:

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Hi Mike,

Welcome to the forum. For future reference, if you follow the hint in the dialogue and check the command line you will see where the problem lies, including the name of the Annotation Style involved. (NB. Its easier to read if you run command history.)

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HTH
Jeremy

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Thanks Jeremy! I had completely overlooked the command line and it’s hints. Great tip!

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I cannot find the text which has the wrong font, and if I select all text and try to change them all at once - then the text disappears…

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Hi Terese,

If you mean that on opening a file you get a dialog like this:
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then run _CommandHistory immediately after clicking OK and you will get more information:

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Then, if you are running Rhino 7 or later, you can use the command _SelFontUse and pick the font that is missing:

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and this will leave found instances of the objects using the font selected:

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But note that this won’t find locked or hidden objects, nor objects within blocks, so more work is needed to expose such instances.

If you don’t find any drawing objects using your missing font, check out all your annotation styles in case it is embedded there, perhaps in an unused style.

HTH
Jeremy

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If you run SelDimOverride does it select the annotation in question by any chance? It also seems I once had a script to find these but I can’t find the script anymore… :cry: