Text Styles dialog box General tab

Contains controls for setting general text style attributes.

Font

Sets the Active Font — the font (typeface) of text when placed.

Height

Sets the Active Text Height — the height, in working units, of text upon placement.

Width

Sets the Active Text Width — the width, in working units, of text upon placement.

Annotation Scale Lock icon

Sets the Annotation Scale Lock. When this lock is on, the annotation scale is applied to any text that is placed in the model.

The annotation scale is set in the Model Properties dialog box. It defines the scale for text and dimensioning in the model, to allow for scaling back to normal size when printing.

Key-in: lock useannotationscale <OFF | ON | TOGGLE>

Slant

Sets the angle, in degrees, by which text is slanted when placed.

Justification (Single-Line)

Sets the position of text relative to its origin (the position where the data point is entered when using the Place Text tool.

• Left Top

• Left Center

• Left Bottom

• Left Descender

• Center Top

• Center Center

• Center Bottom

• Center Descender

• Right Top

• Right Center

• Right Bottom

• Right Descender

Justification (Multi–Line)

Sets the position of a text node relative to its origin (the position where the data point is entered).

• Left Top

• Left Center

• Left Bottom

• Left Margin Top

• Left Margin Center

• Left Margin Bottom

• Center Top

• Center Center

• Center Bottom

• Right Margin Top

• Right Margin Center

• Right Margin Bottom

• Right Top

• Right Center

• Right Bottom

Color

If on, activates the color picker to select the color of the text when placed.

Bold

Bold text when placed, if on.

Italics

Italicize text when placed, if on.

Underline

Underline text when placed, if on.

Overline

Place a line over the text when placed, if on.

Fractions

If on and using a MicroStation resource font, numeric characters separated by a slash (/) are placed as single characters (numerator over denominator).

Three configuration variables also control the format of fractions:

• MS_TEXT_AUTOSTACKFRACTIONS_TYPE

• MS_TEXT_AUTOSTACKFRACTIONS_ALIGNMENT

• MS_TEXT_STACKFRACTIONS_SCALE

Vertical

Orient text vertically when placed, if on.

Full Justification

If on, perform full text justification. Full justification adjusts word spacing so that no word is hyphenated to complete a line of text.