Missing CAD fonts and SHX Substitution Matching box
Solving the issue of drawings that are full of question marks (?) and garbled text. Enter the missing font name, match the best copyright-free replacement solution and one-click configuration script.
List of matching results (13)
HZTXT.SHX
SHX Chinese large fontBackground: The most classic single-line Chinese imitation Song font in China
Substitution Principles and Guidelines
HZTXT It is a Chinese font widely circulated in major domestic design institutes in the early days. It is often used for filling in multi-line text and single-line forms.. If it is missing locally, without special symbols, Use the national standard large font that comes with AutoCAD by default (gbcbig.shx) Substitution can 100% avoid garbled characters.
Optimal security substitution
hztxt.shx or gbcbig.shx
TSSDENG.SHX
SHX Symbols and Rebar FontsBackground: Explorer Structural Design Software (TSSD) Spanish Symbol Font
Substitution Principles and Guidelines
The Explorer series fonts have built-in a large number of special symbols for steel bars (such as first-grade steel, Class II steel, Class III steel symbol, The corresponding characters are %%130 - %%133). If used directly simplex.shx Instead, the rebar symbol will become a blank or question mark. Must be replaced by tssdeng.shx that supports the corresponding encoding.
Optimal security substitution
tssdeng.shx (It is recommended to copy from an older version of Explorer or use the standard symbol library)
TSSDCHN.SHX
SHX Chinese large fontBackground: Explorer Structural Design Software (TSSD) Chinese large font
Substitution Principles and Guidelines
This is the structural typesetting Chinese font of Explorer software. If Explorer is not installed locally, You can directly point the backup large font to the national standard large font gbcbig.shx. The font width and height are very close., Typesetting overflow almost never occurs.
Optimal security substitution
gbcbig.shx or tssdchn.shx
TCH.SHX
SHX Chinese large fontBackground: Tangent early Chinese font
Substitution Principles and Guidelines
Old drawings exported by Tianzheng Construction often contain this large font. When running in Tianzheng software, it will be replaced normally., However, when opening the drawing in ordinary AutoCAD, it will report missing. Can be directly mapped to gbcbig.shx, with good character alignment accuracy.
Optimal security substitution
gbcbig.shx or ttxt2.shx
CHINA.SHX
SHX Chinese large fontBackground: Early Architectural Design Institute customized version of Chinese imitation Song Dynasty large font
Substitution Principles and Guidelines
This was from the 1990s to 2000 At the beginning of the year, many provinces established customized CAD fonts.. It has been basically merged by gbcbig.shx. Just point it to gbcbig.shx directly in the configuration file or alternative font options.
Optimal security substitution
gbcbig.shx
CASS.SHX
SHX Symbols and Rebar FontsBackground: Southern Surveying and Mapping CASS terrain and feature symbols large font
Substitution Principles and Guidelines
Used for geographical information and engineering survey terrain contour marking. Contains specific compasses, Depth point, control elevation symbol. If CASS is not installed locally, it can be directly mapped to an ordinary simplex.shx to view the main text, but some mapping element symbols may display abnormally.
Optimal security substitution
cass.shx or simplex.shx
HZDX.SHX
SHX Chinese large fontBackground: Early domestic pinyin initials in Chinese large font
Substitution Principles and Guidelines
One of the earliest single-line Chinese character large fonts in China, with simple strokes, Renders quickly. Directly mapped to modern large fonts hztxt.shx You can recreate the perfect silhouette.
Optimal security substitution
hztxt.shx or gbcbig.shx
BIGFONT.SHX
SHX Chinese large fontBackground: Universal Chinese font virtual large placeholder
Substitution Principles and Guidelines
In some drawings of foreign companies or joint venture projects, due to differences in drawing specifications, Directly name the Chinese font category BIGFONT. Directly replace it with AutoCAD The default national standard font gbcbig.shx is enough.
Optimal security substitution
gbcbig.shx
TXT.SHX
SHX Western normal fontBackground: AutoCAD Native and simplest line Western font
Substitution Principles and Guidelines
AutoCAD The Western single-line body that comes with it from the beginning. Due to the lack of arc fitting, All spliced by polylines (extremely fast rendering, but a little stiff). All CAD The platform comes with it by default, if the prompt is missing, Usually the current CAD installation path Fonts The directory has been cleaned, copy it back txt.shx That's it.
Optimal security substitution
txt.shx or gbenor.shx
SIMPLEX.SHX
SHX Western normal fontBackground: AutoCAD Standard arc fitting single line Western font
Substitution Principles and Guidelines
Compared with txt.shx, simplex optimizes arc rendering, The appearance is more sleek and beautiful, and it is currently the recommended Western and digital annotation font in domestic two-dimensional engineering drawings.. When it is missing locally, you can replace it with one click AutoCAD The default alternative is Spanish.
Optimal security substitution
simplex.shx or gbenor.shx
ROMANS.SHX
SHX Western normal fontBackground: Roman single line fine Spanish font
Substitution Principles and Guidelines
It is mainly used for high-definition letter annotation on precision machinery manufacturing drawings and general floor plans. Compared with simplex The line width is more uniform and maps to simplex.shx It can ensure that the typesetting width remains unchanged.
Optimal security substitution
romans.shx or simplex.shx
COMPLEX.SHX
SHX Western normal fontBackground: AutoCAD Early two-line Western font
Substitution Principles and Guidelines
A double-lined Western text with a certain stroke thickness. Used for the title of the drawing., Can be downgraded and replaced by a normal single-line body to improve the system scaling rendering frame rate.
Optimal security substitution
complex.shx or romans.shx
FS.SHX
SHX Chinese large fontBackground: Windows The operating system comes with TrueType imitation Song Dynasty
Substitution Principles and Guidelines
Some designers directly quoted the faux Song font that comes with the Windows system. (imitationsong.ttf) . This is available in a partially offline or lite version Windows On professional servers, an error will be reported due to the lack of the system font. It is recommended to copy back the corresponding imitation Song font in the control panel._GB2312 Font package.
Optimal security substitution
Imitation Song_GB2312 (Windows TTF)
💡 Three-step method for quick repair (How to Fix)
- 1
Set alternate default font
Copy the `(setvar "FONTALT" "gbcbig.shx")` command on the left above. Paste directly into the CAD command line and press Enter key. This specifies the fallback for the default missing font to be GB large font.
- 2
Perform a rebuild to refresh the viewport
Enter at the CAD command line `REGEN` and press Enter. The system will recompile and render the full image text., At this time, all question marks (?) will be gbcbig Substitute and render normally.
- 3
Permanent solution: Configuration acad.fmp
If you want to fix the missing specific font once and for all (such as opening tssdchn Always automatically map without popping up every time), you can copy the above right acad.fmp Configuration items. Pass CAD `OP` Options ➔ File ➔ Text Editor ➔ Font Map File Find the corresponding path and edit it `.fmp` file and paste the mapping relationship into the bottom of it and save it.
Standard Fonts Package
AutoCAD The built-in default includes `gbcbig.shx` (Chinese large font), `hztxt.shx` (Classic Chinese fonts) and `simplex.shx` (Single-line Spanish fonts). These fonts have extremely high versatility and safety factor..
Troubleshooting missing fonts and garbled characters (SHX Font FAQ)
What is the difference between a question mark (?) and garbled text??
* **Question mark (?)** represents CAD The engine cannot find the drawing specified in your Fonts folder. SHX The font, or its mapping rules cannot match special symbols; * **Scrambled Text** represents the code page specified inside the drawing (Codepage) or font style (Style) resolution conflict, For example, use Western fonts to force parsing of double-byte Chinese large fonts.
Can I download font packages online and import them?
It is highly not recommended to download batches of several gigabytes from the Internet in batches."CADFull font package". This type of package contains a large number of duplicate names, Damaged and redundant fonts, prone to triggering CAD Startup speed plummets, coordinate capture fails, Even bundled with macro Trojans. Targeted configuration on demand FONTALT Alternate mapping is the standard specification for enterprise IT operations.
Big Font and Spanish regular font in CAD How to configure it?
AutoCAD The text style (STYLE) allows combined mounting: "SHX font on the left"The box is responsible for English letters and numbers (such as simplex.shx) ; Check "Use large fonts""rear, right"The large font "box is responsible for Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters (Such as gbcbig.shx). Only if both are configured correctly, The drawings can be restored correctly.
Why can Tianzheng Software or Structure Explorer automatically identify it?
These customized CAD secondary development kits will be installed with their dedicated Fonts Folders are automatically added to AutoCAD's"Support File Search Path "Medium. To view in bare CAD, Just copy and add their Fonts paths to your local CAD within the options search path.
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