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Advance Steel 2017 on AutoCAD 2017 - Windows 10 missing Arial Narrow font



If you open a prototype on a Windows 10 machine and notice that the text is messed up, check the font type under the text style. It may be the font is missing from the Window system.

AutoCAD 2017 - Windows 10 missing Arial Narrow font

Look under Fonts in the Control Panel and expand the Arial font. If you don’t see “Arial Narrow”, then it needs to be added to the system.

AutoCAD 2017 - Windows 10 missing Arial Narrow font

The same thing can be found under the Windows font in the C: drive.

C:\Windows\Fonts\Arial

AutoCAD 2017 - Windows 10 missing Arial Narrow font

If you have the font on a Windows 7 machine, you can copy it out and then install it in the Windows 10 machine location.

AutoCAD 2017 - Windows 10 missing Arial Narrow font

Sample "Arial Narrow" font.

AutoCAD 2017 - Windows 10 missing Arial Narrow font

Reboot the AutoCAD/Advance Steel Session and the font should then be present and the prototype text/style/font will have reverted back to the expected arrangement.

AutoCAD 2017 - Windows 10 missing Arial Narrow font