| Applies To | |||
| Product(s): | MicroStation | ||
| Version(s): | 08.11.09.459 | ||
| Environment: | N\A | ||
| Area: | Text | ||
| Subarea: | Fonts | ||
| Original Author: | Leonard Jones, Bentley Technical Support Group | ||
Problem
Wrong Character for Plus/Minus Symbol
When editing a text string (Custom RSC font) which has +/- special character, after editing, +/- character changes to fraction ¼ character.
Solution
· Open Font Utilities tool with key-in "mdl load fontutilities; font utilities dialog"
· Select and load the required RSC font (e.g. PWRfonts.rsc)
· Navigate to the required font (e.g. Font No: 5, Font Name: ELECT)
· Check the Hexa-decimal value for character +/-
· Hexa-decimal value of +/- is 0xB1
· Decimal value of B1 is equal to 177 (User Calculator application for conversion)
· Navigate to folder “C:\ProgramData\Bentley\MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries)\WorkSpace\System\Fonts\”
· Take a backup of MstnFontConfig.xml
· Open MstnFontConfig.xml in any Text Editor (Notepad, WordPad)
· Add following lines (<RscFontInfo> .. </RscFontInfo>) under section
<Fonts>
before line
<!-- For SHX fonts not listed above. -->
<RscFontInfo>
<Name>ELECT</Name>
<CodePage>1252</CodePage>
<PlusMinusChar>177</PlusMinusChar>
</RscFontInfo>
· Save and Close MstnFontConfig.xml
· Reload MicroStation and the Plus/Minus character display is fixed.
· You would still see a display issue in Word Processor. Adding the following variable will fix it.
MS_WORD_PROCESSOR_DISPLAY_RSC_USING_DEFAULT_FONT = 1
· When you edit, there could still be display issues and you might have to reopen the active session for the display to fix.
Note: True Type Fonts (TTF) is the preferred font.