Manage Text Styles

Use the Text Style Manager command to control which styles are available for text in your project and how specific labels in your data appear in graphic views and in printed output. You can select from numerous stroke (vector) fonts that can be smoothly displayed, resized, and plotted to match other CAD programs. AutoCAD shape fonts are converted to stroke fonts when AutoCAD drawings are imported into this program, ensuring correct rendering and alignment. This allows for more seamless data exchange as well as better looking deliverables.

Prerequisites:

None

To apply a text style:

Select the text label in a graphic view, right-click, and select Properties from the context menu.
The Properties pane displays.
Optionally, select a new Text style, which specifies the default text font, font style, justification, width factor, oblique angle, and height.
Optionally, make changes to any of the default text style settings displayed in the Properties pane. (See table below for descriptions.)

To create, edit, or delete a text style:

Select Text Style Manager in Drafting > Text.
In the Text Style Manager dialog, do any of the following:
- To edit an existing style (other than Standard, which is not editable), select it in the Text styles list and edit the settings in the Properties group. (See table below.)
  View any changes you make to the text style in the Preview pane.
- To create a new style, click New, change the style name, and specify the style's properties. (See table below.)
- To remove a style, select it in the Text Styles list and click Delete.
When you are done, click OK.


Text Style Manager Properties
Style name	Enter the name for the style. You will be able to select this style name when creating and editing text in this program.
True Type / Stroke fonts	Select the font type you want to use for the style. Your selection determines the fonts displayed in the Font list. TrueType fonts - This is the default font type used by the software. Stroke fonts - When importing AutoCAD drawings into TBC, shape font formats (SHX and SHP file extensions) specified in the drawing are converted to stroke font formats (FNT file extension) in TBC, retaining their appearance and alignment. A set of predefined FNT fonts is installed with TBC in ...\ProgramData\Trimble\Fonts. If a shape font is specified for an AutoCAD text string that is not defined by an existing FNT font in ...\ProgramData\Trimble\Fonts, the importer first looks for the shape font in the AutoCAD program folder. If it does not find it there, it looks in the folder from which the AutoCAD drawing was imported. If it finds the shape font in either of those locations, the importer converts it to an FNT font format.
Font	Select the appropriate font based on the selected font type: TrueType or Stroke. If both TrueType and Stroke font types are selected, Stroke font types are listed first (they have an .fnt extension).
Justification	Select the justification option to apply when the text includes multiple lines.
Font style	Select the appropriate style options.
Effects	Stretch the text horizontally or slant it forward or backward using these properties: Width factor - Enter a width factor of 0 through 10 that optionally includes decimals. Oblique angle - Enter an oblique angle of -85 through 85 degrees using whole numbers. Auto flip - Check this box to have text using this style automatically flip (turn over) when it goes 12° past vertical in a view. White out - Check this box to include an opaque background (white or black in a view, depending on your background color; white in printed output) in the bounding box behind text using this style. All points, lines, and text behind the white out bounding box are hidden. White out respects the layer prioritization that you specify in the Layer Manager > Display Priority column (layers set to Foreground mask layers set to Normal which mask layers set to Background).
Size	Select to base the height on ground units or sheet units. Then enter the height value.

Dependencies:

When you edit a text style in the manager, all instances of the style used in your model are updated in response.