TEXT — Single Line Text

Creates a single line of text.

• Command: TEXT · Global name: _TEXT · Alias: DT, DTEXT
• Ribbon: Home › Annotation
• Ribbon: Annotate › Text
• Menu: Draw

Creates single-line text. Each line you type is a separate text object; after Enter, the next line starts below, as in a word processor. For a formatted paragraph, use MTEXT.

Usage

1. Enter TEXT (or DT) or click Single Line Text on the ribbon.
2. Specify the start point (the text baseline) or choose an option.

Specify start point of text or [Justify/Style]:

3. If the text style has no fixed height, enter the height (a number or a second point).

Specify height <…>:

4. Enter the rotation angle (a number in degrees or a point).

Specify rotation angle of text <…>:

5. Type the text and press Enter. The line is created and the next one is requested, below the previous one.

Enter text:

6. Press Enter on an empty line to finish.

Options

• Justify (J): changes which point of the text sits on the start point. Left, Center, Right and Middle use the baseline; the two-letter options combine Top, Middle or Bottom with Left, Center or Right (TL = top left, MC = middle center, BR = bottom right…). As in AutoCAD, the justification can also be typed directly at the first prompt.

Enter an option [Left/Center/Right/Align/Middle/Fit/TL/TC/TR/ML/MC/MR/BL/BC/BR]:

• Align (A): specify both endpoints of the baseline; the height comes from their distance and the text spans exactly that segment, with its rotation.
• Fit (F): like Align, but with the height you enter: the width factor changes.

Specify second endpoint of text baseline:

• Style (S): chooses the text style for this command. ? lists the styles in the drawing.

Enter style name or [?] <…>:

Notes

• The text uses the current style (TEXTSTYLE) with its font, width factor and oblique angle, and the current layer, color and linetype.
• The height offered is the last one used (TEXTSIZE variable); the first time, 2.5.
• With an annotative style (STYLE check box), the text is created annotative and the height you enter is the paper height: at the 1:50 annotation scale (CANNOSCALE), a 2.5 text measures 125 drawing units.
• A text can hold fields (date, file name...): see FIELD.
• The rotation angle is measured from the X axis of the current UCS (see UCS), as in AutoCAD.
• To change the contents later, double-click the text or use TEXTEDIT.

See also

MTEXT · TEXTEDIT · STYLE · Text and styles