CAD tip # 7520:

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DWG to PDF problem in an arabic font.

When you plot or publish your DWG drawing file into the PDF format, some of your text may be printed incorrectly (wrong font, missing text, text printed as symbols or dots). This can occur especially with arabic text, cyrillic, japanese, chinese and other double-byte unicode languages.

Make sure you include the font (font file) you are using for the texts into the published PDF file. You can set it up in the "Font handling" setting in the PDF properties dialog. In the PLOT dialog choose the "DWG to PDF.pc3" printer, click Properties and select the "Custom properties" item. Click the "Custom Properties" button and in the dialog "DWG to PDF Properties" choose the font to embed (Capture some > Edit font list) or just "Capture all".

PDF properties

Re-publish your PDF file. Make sure you are using the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader to display the resulting PDF file.

ACAD2011ACAD2010ACLTADTACADMCivilDWG

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25.8.2010 69561×

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applies to: AutoCAD 2011 · AutoCAD 2010 · AutoCAD LT · AutoCAD Architecture · AutoCAD Mechanical · Civil 3D · DWG ·

See also:
Tip 14481:	How to bulk publish a folder of DWG/DXF files to PDF?
Tip 14472:	Overview of CAD formats supported in Inventor 2026 (import/export/AnyCAD).
Tip 14347:	PDFIMPORT - No objects were imported.
Tip 14075:	Overview of CAD formats supported in Inventor 2025 (import/export/AnyCAD).
Tip 13977:	How to publish a PDF to the same folder as a DWG drawing in AutoCAD?

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