Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
In this next exercise, you'll create a text style called Note1, which you'll use to add notes to
the Unit plan you've been working on:
1.
Choose Format
Text Style from the menu bar, or type
ST
↵. This opens up the Text Style
dialog box (Figure 9.2).
FIGURE 9.2
The Text Style
dialog box
2.
Click the + (plus) button at the bottom left of the dialog to add a new style.
3.
Type
Note1
for the name of your new style.
4.
In the Family panel that is in the center of the dialog, scroll until you fi nd the Courier
New TrueType font. The Filter List input box can be helpful in reducing the number of
fonts listed. Enter the first few letters of a font in the Filter List input box and select the
font to use. Click the X button in the input box to clear your filter text string.
5.
Click the Annotative button. When you select this button, notice that the Paper Text
Height input box has now replaced the Text Height input box and the Note1 name now
has an Annotative symbol in front of it.
6.
In the Paper Text Height input box, enter
0.1
and press Enter. You'll see your input change
to
1
⁄
8
˝ if you are using the architectural unit style. Metric users should enter
0.15
.
7.
Right-click the Note1 style and select Set Current.
8.
Click the Apply button and then click Close.
The Annotative option you turned on in step 5 is an important feature for keeping your
text at the proper size for your drawing scale. You'll see how it works fi rsthand in the follow-
ing section's exercises.
MAKING A STYLE THE DEFAULT
Once you've created a style, it becomes your default style. You can modify this by selecting it from
the Text Style pop-up menu in the Properties Inspector palette while no object is selected.
