Alternate Font Dialog Box

Quick Reference

See Also

Specify Application Fonts

Specifies the location of the font file to use if the original font cannot be located and an alternate font is not specified in the font mapping file.

Access Methods

Menu: Tools

Options (Options dialog box, Files tab)

Shortcut menu: Right-click in the command window, or (with no commands active and no objects selected) right-click in the drawing area, and choose Options.

Command entry: options

Summary

You can also set the location of Alternate Font File by using the FONTALT system variable.

If you do not specify an alternate font through the Options dialog box or the FONTALT system variable, when you open a drawing containing fonts that cannot be located, a dialog box is displayed in which you specify a font to use for each missing font.

List of Options

The following options are displayed.

Font Name: Lists the font family name for all registered TrueType fonts and all SHX fonts in the Fonts folder.
Font Style: Specifies font character formatting, such as italic, bold, or regular. If the missing font is a Big Font, this option changes to Big Font and lists all available Asian-language Big Font files.