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I am in the process of converting DGNs to SVGs for use as symbols in ArcGIS Pro. I am able to filter out the Text in the DGNs and assign a stock Windows Font. However the text reference is not being passed to ArcGISPro and the the text component of the symbol is lost. I am looking for a transformer or a set of transformers that will allow me to take the text in the DGN and convert it to a graphic, that DOES NOT reference a Windows stock .ttf file.

 

I have looked at the TextStroker but the outputs are inconsistent and messy looking as compared to the original DGN text, and I am also having trouble finding a way to fill in the TextStroker output.

 

To clarify, the ETL that I currently have successfully displays the text in the output SVG in a Web Browser. The only location that does not see the .ttf reference is ArcGIS Pro (the final, required, destination).

Hi @jrlalessi​,

I don't have a complete answer, but this may be of some help.

If you have Microstation installed, you can convert the DGN fonts to TTF using the process described at https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/198685/dgn-symbols-to-ttf-true-type-font

Once you have copied the TTF from the Bentley folder to your Windows Font folder, it should be available for use by the TextStroker transformer.

Thank you for the response, I tried that route too, and found that there were 100s of DGN fonts. So replacing them with stock windows .tff was best. I think the issue trulty is in the ArcGISPro software. Thats why I am looking to replace the .ttf based graphics with "dumb" elements in the output .svg. I hope that makes sense.

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