topic Re: Alphabet glitch in ArchiCAD 26 (student version) in Documentation

Alphabet glitch in ArchiCAD 26 (student version)

Bianca Ernst — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:15:17 GMT

I recently upgraded my student package to ArchiCAD 26. When I add text to my project everything is fine in the drawing and in the layout book, but once I export to pdf all the letters are jumbled. It seems each letter gets shifted up by one in alphabetical order ("A" becomes "B", "B" becomes "C", etc.)

Please help!

Re: Alphabet glitch in ArchiCAD 26 (student version)

Xandros — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:35:57 GMT

Wow, I'm amazed and have never seen anything like this! 🙈

First things coming to mind:

is this happening to all fonts? or just the one you're using? Have you tried a different font?
How did you save the pdf? Via CTRL+S? Or via printing with a pdf-Printer? If you did one, try the other.

Good luck finding a solution!

Re: Alphabet glitch in ArchiCAD 26 (student version)

Bianca Ernst — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 13:10:54 GMT

Oh what a simple solution. Changing the font worked.

I am assuming a glitch occurred when the project was converted from version 25 to 26.

Problem solved when I changed the font to Ariel. But for reference:

- I used Helvetica Neue initially

- I printed via the pdf-printer

Thanks for the simple, yet life-saving suggestions!

Re: Alphabet glitch in ArchiCAD 26 (student version)

Xandros — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 13:57:38 GMT

I'm glad that there was a fairly easy solution to this

Re: Alphabet glitch in ArchiCAD 26 (student version)

Lingwisyer — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 01:16:51 GMT

Just curious, if you change the font back to Helvetica Neue and try to print, does the character offset happen again?

Re: Alphabet glitch in ArchiCAD 26 (student version)

Bianca Ernst — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 06:02:17 GMT

Indeed, Helvetica Neue doesn't seem to print properly at all.