MText

Specifies the style.

Choose a style name from the droplist. See Style command.

Font

Specifies the font.

Choose a font name from the droplist; this overrides the font specified by the style. Bricscad can use any font installed on your computer.

To apply a font to just one or two words, highlight them, and then choose the font from the droplist,

as illustrated below:

Height

Specifies the text height.

Choose a preset height from the droplist, or enter a value.

To change the height of a few words, highlight them, and then specify the height.

Bold

Toggles boldfacing of text. SHX fonts cannot be boldfaced.

To apply boldfacing:

1. Select some or all of the text, and then click the B button.

2. Repeat the procedure to remove boldfacing.

Italic

Toggles italicization of text. SHX fonts cannot be italicized.

To apply italics:

1. Select some or all of the text, and then click the I button.

2. Repeat the procedure to remove italics.

Underline

Toggles underlining of text.

To apply underlining:

1. Select some or all of the text, and then click the U button.

2. Repeat the procedure to remove underlines.

Overline

Toggles overlining of text.

To apply overlining:

1. Select some or all of the text, and then click the O button.

2. Repeat the procedure to remove overlines.

Color

Specifies the color of the text.

1. Select some or all of the text.

2. Click the Color button, and then choose a color from the droplist.

Oblique Angle

Specifies the angle by which to slant the text.

• Enter an angle, or click the buttons to change the value.

• Less than 0 degrees - characters slant backwards.

• 0 - characters are upright.

• More than 0 degrees - characters slant forwards.

Width Factor

Specifies the width of characters.

• Smaller than 1 - characters are narrow.

• 1 - characters have normal width.

• Greater than 1 - characters are wide.

Character Spacing

Specifies the spacing between characters.

• Smaller than 1 - characters spacing is tight.

• 1 - characters have normal spacing.

• Greater than 1 - characters spacing is loose.

Undo

Undoes the last format applied.

Redo

Redoes the last undo.

Stack Fractions

Stacks text containing special characters: / # or ^.

•  / stacks vertically (separated by a horizontal line)
• # stacks diagonally (separated by a diagonal line)
• ^ stacks vertically not separated by a line (tolerance stack)

To stack fractions, follow these steps:

1. Enter fraction text, such as 3/4.

2. Highlight the fraction text.

3. Click the Stack Fraction button.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to unstack the fractions.

Insert Symbol

Inserts special symbols.

Click the button, and then choose a symbol.

You can enter the symbols directly by typing their codes, such as %%d for the degree symbol.

Field

Inserts a field.

Text justification

Specifies the text justification (alignment) within the bounding box.

Click the button, and then choose an alignment from the droplist.

The icon on the button indicates the current justification mode.