Issues with text when printing from Revit

Autodesk Support

Mar 31, 2025

Products and versions covered

Issue:

When printing from Revit, text elements do not match the on-screen appearance.

Solution:

The following table is sorted by the different symptoms that can lead to this behavior.

Find the most applicable symptom for your situation, and review the associated article(s) for possible solution(s):
Symptoms	Additional Info	Article
Text is scaled up/down/stretched	Microsoft Remote Desktop is being used to access system with Revit, and then print	Small or stretched text when printing in Revit while using Remote Access
Text is scaled up/down/stretched	VDI is being used with Revit	Text is stretched or scaled when printed on wide monitor from VDI environment while in Revit
CAD Text is thin when printed from Revit	Specific to certain fonts	Revit - text elements of linked AutoCAD drawings print too thin
Text in nested CAD drawing is hidden	Nested CAD Link	Text in CAD file nested in linked RVT file is hidden by model things in the host file when printed using vector processing in Revit
Margins expanded when printing	Adjustment of print settings required	Sheets printed from Revit have wider margin than expected
Text is printed large	Text Scaling different between monitors	Text appears larger and/or overlapping in print preview and prints in Revit
Text is printed large	Reboot required	Printing to PDF results in oversized or stretched fonts in Revit
Text is printed small	Text scaling is too large	Drawing text prints smaller than it should from Revit
Text is printed small	Printer redirection	Text is smaller than expected in PDF files printed through redirection using Remote Desktop to access Revit
Garbled text or wrong font when printing	Adobe PDF Printer Font settings	Garbled text or wrong font when printing from Revit to Adobe PDF printer
Width of individual letters increased possibly overlapping when printed	Send True Type as Bitmap	Revit-Certain text characters overlap when printing
Width of individual letters increased possibly overlapping when printed	Specific to Bootcamp and AMD graphics cards	Text overlaps when printing or using print preview in Revit on Mac with Bootcamp
Width of individual letters increased possibly overlapping when printed	Specific to certain fonts	Text overlapping in print preview and printing to PDF in Revit
Width of individual letters increased possibly overlapping when printed	Related to Dock or Port Replicator	Printing from Revit results in overlapping or large sized text
Width of individual letters increased possibly overlapping when printed	Update DirectX	PDF is Printing With Overlapped Text From Revit

Products:

Revit Product Family;

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