How to find the element or component that uses this missing font so I can change it

[Funfun Yan]

Hello everyone, I've opened a PLN file I previously created. In the font list, there are font names enclosed in square brackets []. This indicates that these fonts are used in the current PLN file but are not currently installed on my system. My problem is, I want to find the element or component that uses this font so I can change it, as I no longer want to use that particular font. I've searched for a long time but haven't found it, even checking my favorites. Does anyone have a good method for locating the element or component that uses this font? Thank you!

Operating system used: Windows 11

[Barry Kelly · Accepted solution]

For text and dimensions, you can use Find & Select.

But you will need to open every view and run it in each one.

For objects in plan you could make a schedule that uses criteria setting to find the object parameter for the font.

This can't be done in Find and Select unfortunately (at least not in 25 which is all I have open at the moment).

This will also only find objects in the plan, schedules can't see what is in elevations and other views.

Favourites you will have to check one by one as far as I know.

Barry.

[Funfun Yan]

Thank you Barry!  I'll give it a try. I really hope Graphisoft can provide an easy way to modify fonts.

[Funfun Yan]

I found a question, For objects the schedule criteria must select specific obj to search the font parameter. I can't list all the objects which have font parameter in them. I mean I must know that object A has font parameter, otherwise I need to check every library objects in my file to see whether it has font parameter in it.

[Barry Kelly]

If you are using the Graphisoft objects, I would hope that they would all have the same parameter name for selecting the font.

So, the parameter in object A will be the same as in object B and you will only need to use that one parameter in the criteria list.

But you should check a few different objects just to see if it is the same parameter name.

Another thing you could do is to select all text and force it to change the font in all selected texts.

Activate text tool, CTRL+A to select all text, change the font to something else in the info box and then change it back to the font you want.

This will force all text to change to what you want.

Which will work if you only want to use the one font.

Again you need to do this for every view.

Do the same for dimensions.

You could try the same with objects, but this will only work if all objects do use the same parameter name for the font selection.

You will need to make sure that the last object selected (which will show in the info box, is an object that has text, otherwise you won't be able to set the font to what you want as you wont see the font parameter.

Barry.

[Stefan L_]

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@Barry Kelly  schrieb:

For text and dimensions, you can use Find & Select.

But you will need to open every view and run it in each one.

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When you're in a Teamwork, you can (mis)-use the reservation dialog as an extended Find & Select:

- release all

- click "Reserve..."

- a dialog pops up where you can specify the same criterias but all and every view and layout and what not:

May take a while for AC to open every layout...

After that, you'll find the elements here:

[Barry Kelly]

Thanks for the heads up.

I am not a teamwork user, so I have never discovered this.

Barry.

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