Format Multiline Text in an Alternate Text Editor
If you use an alternate text editor, you apply formatting by entering format codes. You can underline text, add a line over text, and create stacked text. You can also change color, font, and text height. You can change the spaces between text characters or increase the width of the characters themselves. To apply formatting, use the format codes shown in the following table.
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Format codes for paragraphs |
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Format code |
Purpose |
Enter this … |
To produce this … |
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\0...\o |
Turns overline on and off |
Autodesk \OAutoCAD\o |
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\L...\l |
Turns underline on and off |
Autodesk \LAutoCAD\l |
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\~
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Inserts a nonbreaking space |
Autodesk AutoCAD\~LT |
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\\ |
Inserts a backslash |
Autodesk \\AutoCAD |
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\{...\} |
Inserts an opening and closing brace |
Autodesk \{AutoCAD\} |
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\Cvalue; |
Changes to the specified color |
Autodesk \C2;AutoCAD |
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\File name; |
Changes to the specified font file |
Autodesk \Ftimes; AutoCAD |
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\Hvalue; |
Changes to the text height specified in drawing units |
Autodesk \H2;AutoCAD |
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\Hvaluex; |
Changes the text height to a multiple of the current text height |
Autodesk \H3x;AutoCAD |
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\S...^...; |
Stacks the subsequent text at the /, #, or ^ symbol |
1.000\S+0.010^-0.000; |
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\Tvalue; |
Adjusts the space between characters. Valid values range from a minimum of .75 to 4 times the original spacing between characters. |
\T2;Autodesk |
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\Qangle; |
Changes obliquing angle |
\Q20;Autodesk |
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\Wvalue; |
Changes width factor to produce wide text |
\W2;Autodesk |
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\A |
Sets the alignment value; valid values: 0, 1, 2 (bottom, center, top) |
\A1;1\S1/2 |
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\P
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Ends paragraph |
Autodesk\PAutoCAD |
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Braces can be nested up to eight levels deep.
You can also use control codes to add special characters, such as tolerance or dimensioning symbols. See MTEXT.
Example: Formatting Text in an Alternate Text Editor
This example describes how the text in the following illustration was created.
Each line below was entered in an alternate text editor:
{{\H1.5x; Big text} \A2; over text\A1;/\A0; under text}\P
{\A0;Baseline: 1 \S1/2;}\P
{\A1;Center: 1 \S1/2;}\P
{\A2;Topline: 1 \S1/2;}\P
{Tolerances: \A1;1.000\H.75x;\S+0.010^-0.000;}\P
{Architectural: 9-{\H.666x;\A2;11\A1;/\A0;16}\A2;"}\P