topic Re: Text not showing in text boxes in Installation & update

Text not showing in text boxes

JohnJay — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 09:04:06 GMT

I just installed AC27 INT SOLO (updated to 4031) but have an issue with text boxes

I can see the text box but can't see any text. I tried with different fonts, including Arial and other standard fonts, large size and so on

If I double click to edit, the text appears. If I click away to finish the text disappears again.

Did a search but can't find anything on this so it much be something on my end?

AC27 on W10

Operating system used: Windows W10

Re: Text not showing in text boxes

Barry Kelly — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 10:31:18 GMT

The text pen colour is different to your screen background?

Make sure there ar no Graphic Overrides or Renovation Filters active.

In your operating system settings, do you have your screen scaling set to something other than 100% ?

If you can see the text box handles, it can't be the layer that is turned off.

So you can't see any text at all in your plan?

Can you show a screen capture image?

Barry.

Re: Text not showing in text boxes

JohnJay — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 11:00:28 GMT

Images show text input and then empty text box. Will reboot now just in case...

Re: Text not showing in text boxes

Barry Kelly — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 11:45:52 GMT

What happens if you turn the text background fill off?

Barry.

Re: Text not showing in text boxes

JohnJay — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 12:35:53 GMT

still the same

tried rebooting (was a new installation), starting a new scene with default template and work environment but still the same

Re: Text not showing in text boxes

Hans Roest — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 14:14:36 GMT

Did you apply the . reg fix on AC26? (https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Document-Visualize-forum/Fonts-displaying-incorrectly-after-moving-up-to-AC26/td-p/353401/page/2)

I had the same issue. Removing the . reg folder solved it.

Apparently AC removed the Legacy txt enginge on 27.

Re: Text not showing in text boxes

JohnJay — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 16:13:12 GMT

thanks - that was it

however that makes my favourite font unusable (it no longer wraps)

also the line rendering in AC27 is still as bad as AC26 and it still needs the registry fix to make things look good

Re: Text not showing in text boxes

Hans Roest — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 20:05:01 GMT

Great!

How do you apply the .reg fix for AC27 then? I had to disable it to get my text back, haven't had any problems with my font (Open Sans), but it's always good to know a possible solution.

Re: Text not showing in text boxes

MinhNguyen — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 05:06:04 GMT

this is life-changing, thank you so much! I reported this issue during the beta testing and was told that it was a GPU issue, there was nothing that the developers can do. Well, they're wrong 😄

Re: Text not showing in text boxes

MinhNguyen — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 05:08:45 GMT

I assume this is the display issue and the reg fix that John mentioned: https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Installation-update/Archicad-26-and-DPI-issue-on-4K-monitors-under-Windows-11/m-p/363174

Re: Text not showing in text boxes

JohnJay — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 11:02:44 GMT

I haven't tested this properly (still finishing off work in AC26) but I may have a simple solution.

AFAIK there are 2 rendering issues going from AC25 to 26, and now 27:

1. Line rendering

2. Text rendering

1. Line rendering can be an issue in 26 (and seems to be the same in 27) depending on whether one has monitor scaling enabled system wide (e.g. I have a 4k monitor and have Windows scaling at 150%).

There is a registry hack for this that works in 26 and seems to also work in 27:

MESSING WITH THE REGISTRY CAN CAUSE MAJOR SYSTEM WIDE ISSUES - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

Open the Registry Editor app, then navigate to:

HKey_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\GRAPHISOFT\ARCHICAD\Archicad XXX\Graphix\RenderingAPI

('XXX' refers to the currently used AC version and language)

Double click the RenderingAPI registry line and type '-1' as Value data.

You can go back to regular behaviour simply by restoring the value to 0 (zero).

2. Text rendering - I didn't really have an issue with this in AC26 other than a font that I like to use that didn't wrap correctly. Turns out it's a Windows issue (same font no longer wraps in any software). However this hack forces the old text rendering which means that I can continue to use the font in AC26.

The same hack seems to make text invisible in AC27 though.

However, through some trial and error, it appears that simply copying a text box with some text in it from AC26 to 27 seems to 'fix' AC27 and allow the same hack to be used.

Can anyone confirm this?

If this does indeed work please Graphisoft don't close this loophole as it really helps with line and text rendering on hiDPI displays where scaling is used.

Text rendering hack:

MESSING WITH THE REGISTRY CAN CAUSE MAJOR SYSTEM WIDE ISSUES - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

Open the Registry Editor app, then navigate to:

HKey_CURRENT_USER\Software\GRAPHISOFT\Debug

add a new Key (folder) here with the name TextEngine and add a new DWORD under it with the name useUniscribe and value 1

The same can be achieved by opening a Command Prompt with administrator rights and running the following command:

REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GRAPHISOFT\Debug\TextEngine /v useUniscribe /t REG_DWORD /d 1

To go back to the regular behaviour just delete this key.