Graphics Programs Reference
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notative, the new style won't be, either. It's easy enough to select or deselect the
Annotative check box, but you may overlook this action at first.
The New Text Style dialog box appears, with a text box for you to type a name.
5. Type a name for your new text style and then click OK.
Your new text style is added to the Styles list and becomes the current style.
6. Choose a font from the Font Name list.
Romans.shx
is the best all-purpose font for most drafting work. If you want to use
a different font, review the font suggestions and warnings in the previous section.
The font that you choose becomes the font that's assigned to your new text style.
7. To create an annotative text style, select the Annotative check box. Clear the
check box for non-annotative text.
Click the
i
icon next to the Annotative label to open AutoCAD's online help and find
out more.
8. Adjust the remaining text style settings.
The text style shown in Figure 13-1 has the following setup:
•
Paper Text Height
(just Height for non-annotative styles) =
0.0
•
Width Factor
=
1.0
•
Oblique Angle
=
0
• All check boxes other than Annotative are deselected.
A text style height of
0.0
makes the style
variable height,
which means that you can
specify the height separately for each text object. Assigning a
fixed
(that is, nonzero)
height to a text style forces all text that uses the style to be the same height. Variable
height styles are more flexible, but fixed height styles usually make it easier to draw
text of consistent height. The decision to use styles of variable height versus fixed
height is another aspect of text that depends on office practice; if you work with other
AutoCAD users, ask around.
Dimensions use text styles to format the appearance of the dimension
text. When you create a text style that you think you might use for your dimensions,
you
must
set a height of
0
. Otherwise the setting that controls the dimension text
won't work, and your dimension text is likely to be either enormous or microscopic.
This one should be a double warning because it's one of the most common mis-
takes made by new AutoCAD drafters!
9. Click Apply and then click Close.
