PDFSHX (System Variable)

Controls whether text objects using SHX fonts are stored in PDF files as comments when you export a drawing as a PDF file.

Type:Integer
Saved in:Registry
Initial value:1

Because text that uses SHX fonts is not supported in PDF, drawings that are exported as PDF files can store this text as comments labeled "AutoCAD SHX Text." However, some older PDF viewers display these comments in the drawing along with any other comments, which is usually not desirable.

Value

Description

0

No additional comments are created when exporting a PDF file. Text that uses SHX fonts is preserved visually as geometric objects.

1

Creates comments from text objects that use SHX fonts.

Note: In AutoCAD 2016 SP1, this system variable was named EPDFSHX.