Text with Character - AutoCAD 2012 - page 287

and two corresponding text-drawing commands. Table 13-1 explains the two commands,
with their aliases shown in parentheses.
Although you may be inclined to ignore the older single-line text option, it's worth know-
ing how to use both kinds of text. The TEXT command is quite a bit simpler than the
MTEXT command, and it's still useful for entering short, single-line pieces of text such as
object labels and one-line notes. And it's the command of choice for CAD comedians
who want to document their one-liners!
If you work in an office with people who've been AutoCAD users for more
than a few years, you will probably hear them referring to DTEXT. For the last few
releases, TEXT has been an alias for the DTEXT ( D for Dynamic ) command.
However, lurking up in AutoCAD's attic is a third text creation command, also
named TEXT (confused yet?); if you want to experience this creaky old command,
type - TEXT . Unlike the current TEXT (formerly known as DTEXT) command, with
-TEXT you get no on-screen feedback at all.
Your text will be justified
Both the TEXT and MTEXT commands offer a bewildering array of text justification op-
tions — in other words, which way the text flows from the point or points that you pick
in the drawing to locate it. For most purposes, the default Left justification for single-line
text or Top Left justification for paragraph text works fine. Occasionally, you may want