Part 4: Text and Tables in Software

Making QR-Code in Software Part 4: Text and Tables

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5 Study the other parts of the dialog box and then pick the Apply and Close buttons You are ready to use the new comp1 text style Notice that the comp1 name appears in the Text Style box on the Text panel 6 Enter the DTEXT command and the Justify option 7 Right-justify the text by entering R (for Right) 8 Place the endpoint near the right side of the screen 9 Set the height at 3 unit 10 Set the rotation angle at 0 11 For the text, type the three lines shown in Fig 20-6 Be sure to press ENTER twice after typing the third line

Fig 20-6

With the STYLE command, you can develop an in nite number of text styles Try creating other styles of your own design The romansshx font is recommended for most engineering drawings As you create more text styles within a drawing le, you may occasionally want to check their names 12 Select the down arrow to the right of the Text Style text box on the Text panel to display the de ned text styles

13 Select the Manage Text Styles option from the pull-down menu 14 In the Text Style dialog box, under Styles, select Standard The font name (txtshx) and other characteristics of the style appear This is the default text style 15 Pick the Cancel button

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AutoCAD supports TrueType fonts and AutoCAD compiled shape (SHX) fonts 1 Reopen the Text Style dialog box and pick the New button 2 Type tt for the new text style name and pick the OK button or press ENTER 3 Under Font Name, nd and select Swis721 BT The Swis721 BT font displays in the preview area Notice the overlapping T s located at the left of the font name This indicates that it is a TrueType font Notice also that Roman displays under Font Style 4 Under Font Style, display the list of options, pick Italic, and notice how the font changes in the Preview area Note the 00000 value in the text box under Height This 0 value indicates that the text is not xed at a speci c height, giving you the option of setting the text height when you enter the DTEXT command 5 Pick the Apply and Close buttons 6 Enter the DTEXT command and pick a point anywhere in the drawing area 7 Enter 2 for the height and 0 for the rotation angle 8 Type This is TrueType and press ENTER twice The TrueType text should look like the text in Fig 20-7

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The TEXTQLTY system variable sets the resolution of text created with TrueType fonts A value of 0 represents no effort to re ne the smoothness of the text A value of 100 represents a maximum effort to smooth the text Lower values decrease resolution and increase plotting speed Higher values increase resolution and decrease plotting speed You will learn more about plotting in 25 1 Enter the TEXTQLTY system variable at the keyboard 2 Press the ESC key 3 Experiment with other TrueType fonts on your own 4 Save your work

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Let s set a new current text style 1 Select the down arrow to the right of the Text Style text box on the Text panel and pick the comp1 text style The comp1 style is now the current text style 2 Place some new text on the screen and then terminate the DTEXT command 3 Change back to the tt text style 4 Save your work