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-STYLE command

2370  GstarCAD MY /KW August 23, 2021  CAD Commands

The -STYLE command under the command prompt, it will display options. Users could set the current text style to determine the new one. The text style contains the font, size, oblique angle, direction and other features.

Command Prompts:

Enter name of text style or [?]:

Relative Glossary:

Name of text style
Specify the name of text style. To define the style of "Use Big Font", users could give It a long file name without a comma. To define the style of "Big Font", users could give it a name with a comma separating the SHX file and Big Font file.
Users could input a TrueType Font family name or a SHX Font file name. Without a extension name, the program will search SHX files automatically. If it has not searched the file, Windows OS will replace it by the first registered True Type font.
Users could input all long name files except for file name with commas. When converting to Big Font, it will keep the comma: there is a comma behind SHX file companying with the Big Font file name. The space is seemed to be one part of font name, rather than Enter. Inputting "annotative", it prompts to create an annotative text style.
Tilde (~)
Display the "Select Font File" dialog box, from which users could select a file with type of SHX or TTF. It will automatically load specified character definition of font file except it is used by another text style. Users could use multiple styles of one font file.
Height
Specifying the height to be 0.0, it prompts to input text height every time when using this text style. Inputting a value larger than 0.0, users could set text height for this style(non-annotative).
Width factor
It will compress the character width when inputting a value smaller than 1.0, and ti will enlarge the character width when inputting a value larger than 1.0.
Oblique angle
Specify the oblique angle of text. The text will oblique when inputting a value between -85 and 85
Backwards
Display characters in backwards.
Upside-down
Display characters in upside down.
?-list all text styles
List all available text styles in the drawing.
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