Creating Text

We have several office conventions, which combine to form our office standard.

First, all text and annotation on a drawing (not the title block) is:

• CASE: Upper
• FONT: "True-Type" font Graphite Light Narrow.(filename: GRAPHLTN.TTF Download)
• PLOTTED HEIGHT: 1/8" (1/4" for Headings)
• WIDTH FACTOR: 1.000
• PUNCTUATION: NO periods, exclamation or question marks. (Commas and parentheses are allowed).

The letters 'TXT' are included in ALL of our text styles, followed by the scale factor (represented by the letters "SF") corresponding to the plotted drawing's scale. For instance, the name "DMZ48" represents the dimension style that would be utilized in a 1/4"=1'-0" scale drawing, where 48 is the scale factor.

You can refer to this table for a complete listing of scale factors, dimension and text styles associated with each scale of drawing.

Once a given text style has been created, it can then be incorporated (nested) into its corresponding dimension style.

Procedure for Selecting / Creating a Text Style

1. On the Command Line, type style
2. In the Text Style dialogue box select the appropriate text style, if it already exists, and select Close.
   If the desired text style does not exist, continue to step 3.
3. Select New...
4. At the prompt, assign a name to the text style, using the format previously mentioned, above, and hit OK.
5. Specify a Text Height, reference this table, if necessary.
6. Select Apply, first making sure that Width Factor is set to 1.000, then select Close to complete this task.