Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
6.
Click Save in the Text Editor visor. The text in the drawing is now formatted as it
appeared in the text editor.
7.
Exit but do not save the indent.dwg file.
In this exercise, you used the Paragraph dialog box to set the paragraph indent and the first
tab marker to be the same value. This causes the text portion of the list to be aligned at a dis-
tance of 2.2 drawing units from the left text boundary, leaving the list number extended farther
to the left. This gives the list a more professional appearance.
The Paragraph dialog box gives you fine control over the formatting of your text. It lets you
delete tabs by highlighting them in the list and clicking the Remove button. You can also add
tabs at specific distances from the left margin of the text boundary by entering new tab locations
in the tab input box and clicking the Add button.
You specify distances in drawing units. If your drawing is set up to use architectural units,
for example, you can enter values in feet and inches or just inches. In the First Line and Hanging
input boxes, you enter a numeric value for paragraph indents. As you've just seen, you can use
the First Line and Hanging input boxes to create a numbered list by setting the Hanging input
box value to be the same as the first tab stop position.
What Do the Fonts Look Like?
You've already seen a few of the fonts available in AutoCAD. Chances are you're familiar with
the TrueType fonts available in the Mac OS. You have some additional AutoCAD fonts from
which to choose. You may want to stick with the AutoCAD fonts for all but your presentation
drawings because other fonts can consume more memory.
Figure 9.14 shows the basic AutoCAD text fonts. The Romans font is perhaps the most widely
used because it offers a reasonable appearance while consuming little memory.
FIGURE 9.14
Some of the stan-
dard AutoCAD text
fonts
