Using TrueType/OpenType fonts

In Allplan, you can use TrueType, OpenType and Type 1 fonts for screen display and printer output. You can only use the fonts you have actually installed.

Notes

• When printing layouts, TrueType/OpenType/Type 1 fonts are only output with Windows drivers; when you use Nemetschek drivers, these fonts are output as vectorized fills.
  

  Allplan vector drivers are printer drivers supplied with Allplan and are available for certain devices. To use Allplan vector drivers, you need to define at least one output channel in the Services application.

  

  A printer driver is a program that translates graphical commands into control characters (e.g., HPGL, PostScript) for a particular printer. You can use Windows drivers or Allplan vector drivers (in connection with output channels) as printer drivers in Allplan.

  

  Windows drivers are printer drivers delivered with the Windows operating system or by the device manufacturer. In Allplan, either Windows drivers or Allplan vector drivers can be used for printing.

• When converted to a wireframe model, the TrueType/OpenType/Type 1 fonts are written to the new drawing file as polygons (the fills are deleted). This way, you can convert text to lines for further processing.
• If you are working in a network environment, the fonts have to be installed on each computer separately. Otherwise the program will display the following message: Define TrueType font first.