CAD tip # 7204:

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Sharp spikes plotted in certain letters.

Text characters like "M", "V", "A", "N" drawn with SHX fonts are plotted (printed) with long spiked lines.

This is caused by setting an improper line join style in the plot style table - AutoCAD then tries to join lines according to this setting, including the lines in fonts (text).

In the "Plot style table editor" (PLOT) set the Line Join (or also "Line End") style e.g. to "Round" or "Diamond".

Line join style may be also influenced in the printer driver (Windows) for your printer model.

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5.2.2010 589x

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applies to: AutoCAD · AutoCAD LT · AutoCAD Architecture · AutoCAD Civil 3D · AutoCAD Mechanical · AutoCAD Revit MEP · AutoCAD Map ·

See also:
Tip 6917:	R14PSKit: The system cannot find the path specified
Tip 5920:	Missing plot styles, options and orientation in the PLOT dialog.
Tip 4330:	How to set the CTB/STB path to the current directory?
Tip 3605:	When is used a color-dependent (CTB) and when a named (STB) plot style table?
Tip 3580:	The Scale lineweights box is grayed. How to scale plotted linewidths?

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