Autodesk 057A1-05A111-1001 Getting Started Guide - Page 134

Work with Text Styles Every text object in a drawing has a text style associated with it. When you enter text, the current text style is applied, which determines the following properties: ■ Font controls the shapes of the characters ■ Font style controls the italic and boldface formatting for TrueType fonts ■ Height controls the size in drawing units of the text ■ Obliquing angle controls the forward or backward slant of the text ■ Orientation controls the vertical or horizontal alignment of single-line text ■ Other text characteristics controls effects such as wide text and backwards text Create and Modify Text Styles Except for the default STANDARD style, you must define any text style that you want to use. Once you've created a style, you can modify its settings, change its name, or delete it when you no longer need it. When you create or modify a text style, you use the Text Style dialog box. specify a font create a new text style choose a text style see the changes you make If you change an existing style's font, all text in the drawing that uses that style is regenerated using the new font. NOTE If you create notes and labels directly on a layout in paper space, no scaling is necessary. Notes and labels created in model space must be sized to accommodate the scale of the layout viewport. 128 | Chapter 9 Add Text to a Drawing