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    • J Offline
      Jsketch
      last edited by

      I'm trying to incorporate a webding symbol into a 3D text, but only the regular text comes out, not the webding font. What do I do?

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      • Dave RD Offline
        Dave R
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        I just tried this on my PC. The webding won't display in the 3D Text box but it does insert as a webding. I see that doesn't work on the Mac, though.

        What symbol are you after? The font is the same on both platforms so Iit could be made on the PC and saved as a component to import into your model on the Mac.


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        • Dave RD Offline
          Dave R
          last edited by

          Charly, as I said, it works just fine on the PC. It does not work on the Mac.

          It would appear that SketchUp on the Mac won't display TTF fonts. Webdings is a True Type Font.

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          • charly2008C Offline
            charly2008
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            Hi,

            here an example how it works. You have to use the windows character Map. Select the symbol and copy it. Insert the symbol into the Sketchup Text Box with "Ctrl + V" and place it.

            Charly


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            • Dave RD Offline
              Dave R
              last edited by

              Success!

              I found a free online font converter service which will convert TTF fonts to OTF. The converted Webdings font works just fine although I found I had to restart SketchUp after installing the OTF version of the font in the Font directory. Unlike on the PC, on the Mac, the webdings actually display in the 3D Text window as you type.

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              • J Offline
                Jsketch
                last edited by

                Awesome dave, I ended up drawing the symbol, this will save me a lot of time thanks!

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