Font style [GraphMM 512 BD 523 NO]

[Anonymous]

I used to use a font [GraphMM 512 BD 523 NO] at a previous office. It is listed in ArchiCAD 16 but does not work. Can anyone tell me where to find this font? Is it in ArchiCAD 16 or can I get it somewhere?
Thanks for your help.

[Karl Ottenstein]

When you see a font in square brackets - [fontname] - inside ArchiCAD, it means that the font is not installed on your system, but that the project file text in question specifies that font.

When a font is [missing], ArchiCAD substitutes some generic font.

As long as you do not change the font from [GraphMM...] then if your file is used on a machine that HAS that font installed, it will appear correctly.

Sounds like you need to get the font file from your previous office. There is a generic free Graph MM here:
http://www.fonts101.com/search/graph+mm

but it will not automatically match that in your file... a font named "GraphMM 512 BD 523 NO" is quite unusual.

[Lipi]

Karl, do you know of an easier way to substitute all fonts for a different family in the case of a missing font or at least tell ArchiCad which font to use as a substitute?

I collaborate with an architect online, and her font (though the same as one of mine) has a different name (mac vs. windows issue). Her font gets shown as something utterly different on my computer, but my font looks normal to her.

It takes a lot of time to catch all the instances she used her font and change it by hand. The simples would be if I could just tell Archicad to display my font in stead of hers.

And yes, I have tried to get her to send me her font, but she couldn't figure it out even with my help.

[Lipi]

Never mind, I found the answer on ArchicadWiki:
http://www.archicadwiki.com/MacFontHandling

Works like a charm! I can now at least see how the text looks, which works for me!