Create and Use Windows® Fonts for Local Reinforcement Symbols

Some symbols are not supported by the existing Windows® fonts; hence they could not be shown up correctly in Revit, e.g., some Chinese reinforcement symbols. To fix the issue, a Windows® font should be created specifies to the symbols, here are the steps:

1. Create Windows^® fonts.

   Sketch the corresponding symbols in a fonts creator and assign each symbol with a Unicode number, when all the symbols are created, save the font file to the Windows fonts folder. Here are some Chinese reinforcement symbols, the font file was saved as Revit.ttf and the font name was also set as Revit.

   

   

   
   
2. Use the font in Revit
   1. Input text in Revit or customize the tag fonts, click Element Properties button, and choose Revit font in the Text Font list.

   

   1. Input reinforcement symbols

      $ represents $,

      % represents,

      & represents,

      # represents.

      
      

      

      
      
      
      
      

       

   For example, if '$10@100 (2)' is input with Revit font set, it will show as' 10@100 (2).'
   
   2. Customize structural rebar bar types

      The following shows how to customize rebar symbols.

      In the project browser, rename the rebar type name with $%&# etc., when tag the rebar with rebar tags, it will show the right symbols.

Revise the rebar names in accordance with the font

Tag the rebar with bar types refined and the customized the rebar tag.rfa

 

 

1. Set Windows^® settings to display the Rebar Bar symbols correctly in the project browser. The steps are ,

• Click the right button in Desktop, go to display properties
• Click Appearance Tag
• Click Advanced in the left bottom of the dialog

  In the Advance Appearance dialog, choose Menu for Item and Revit for Font.

Launch a Revit Project (.rvt), the Rebar Bar types in the project browser will display correctly.

Note: By default, the other software Menu Fonts will also follow such settings, if it doesn't meet the expectations; please restore Windows® menu font after exiting Revit.

Other special symbols could also be created in this way.

Comments

[Barry]

Can you suggest a good font creator\editor?

[David Hoole]

This process isn't without risk. Bear in mind that the custom TTF file created will be in the Windows/Fonts folder. There's no problem as long as you only distribute DWF, PDF, or hard copy drawings based on your model. However, if you distribute your Revit model, which is largely the point of creating it in the first place, you will have to distribute the font file as well, and the recipient will have to install it to see your special characters. In the worst case, the recipient may also have followed this example using different Unicode numbers, in which case your symbols will display incorrectly. I've seen this situation occur in other applications.

[Bygningsrenovering]

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[Brian Myers]

What Font software did you use in this example?

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