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Helvetica Font Unavailable in Visio 2003, Works Fine in Other Office 2003 Applications
Hi all,
I'm trying to change the font in a text box in a Visio 2003 drawing to Helvetica, but when I try to find it in any of the combo boxes for formatting text, only Helvetica Condensed is available. Oddly enough, when I open Word 2003, Helvetica is perfectly usable.
I don't know if this gives you any clues, but if I type Helvetica directly into the combo box in Visio or copy some Helvetica text from Word into Visio, the font is changed to Arial. Sounds like the application just can't find the font for some reason.
In case it helps: I'm running Windows XP Pro with all the latest patches, etc.
Help?
I'm trying to change the font in a text box in a Visio 2003 drawing to Helvetica, but when I try to find it in any of the combo boxes for formatting text, only Helvetica Condensed is available. Oddly enough, when I open Word 2003, Helvetica is perfectly usable.
I don't know if this gives you any clues, but if I type Helvetica directly into the combo box in Visio or copy some Helvetica text from Word into Visio, the font is changed to Arial. Sounds like the application just can't find the font for some reason.
In case it helps: I'm running Windows XP Pro with all the latest patches, etc.
Help?
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DoctaFlo,
One possibility is that your font format is not recognized by Visio 2003. My understanding is that Visio 2003 recognizes TrueType and OpenType, but is quite limited when it comes to bitmapped or Type 1 fonts.
Check your font files and see what extension the Helvetica font files have. If it starts with .p (.pfa, .pfb, etc), this is probably the issue.
Cheers,
LHerrou
One possibility is that your font format is not recognized by Visio 2003. My understanding is that Visio 2003 recognizes TrueType and OpenType, but is quite limited when it comes to bitmapped or Type 1 fonts.
Check your font files and see what extension the Helvetica font files have. If it starts with .p (.pfa, .pfb, etc), this is probably the issue.
Cheers,
LHerrou
Thanks for the quick turnaround, but the Helvetica font file extensions are all TTF.
I don't know if this does anything for you, but the Helvetica condensed family all have file names of the format PS_1452X.TTF (where x is an integer) and a Last Modified date of 10/24/2000, while the other Helveticas are named helrXXw.ttf (again x = integer) and were Last Modified on 9/1/1998... Maybe those files were encoded with a now obsolete True Type Font specification? I don't know, I'm just taking shots in the dark...
I don't know if this does anything for you, but the Helvetica condensed family all have file names of the format PS_1452X.TTF (where x is an integer) and a Last Modified date of 10/24/2000, while the other Helveticas are named helrXXw.ttf (again x = integer) and were Last Modified on 9/1/1998... Maybe those files were encoded with a now obsolete True Type Font specification? I don't know, I'm just taking shots in the dark...
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Yeah, I've never done much more than run Regedit and browse through all the nifty trees and keys, but I could do some research on it later. I'll start by looking through the Fonts Visio displays... that should take a good long time :0)
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It's the darndest thing: If I open the Format Text dialog (as opposed to the Toolbar), and type Helvetica into the combo box, it works, although Helvetica still does not appear as an option in the Format Text Toolbar or Format Text dialog, and if I try typing it into the toolbar, I'm re-routed to Arial.
The mysteries of Microsoft...
Anyway, I managed to get Helvetica into the drawing, which is what I needed. Might try some of your suggestions if I have similar difficulties in the future and don't get lucky again.
Meanwhile, have some points for your trouble.
Thanks once more!
The mysteries of Microsoft...
Anyway, I managed to get Helvetica into the drawing, which is what I needed. Might try some of your suggestions if I have similar difficulties in the future and don't get lucky again.
Meanwhile, have some points for your trouble.
Thanks once more!
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