Set Horizontal Or Vertical Text Orientation; Change Text - Autodesk 057B1-41A111-1001 - AutoCAD LT 2010 User Manual

Set Horizontal or Vertical Text Orientation

Text can be vertical or horizontal. Text can have a vertical orientation only if
the associated font supports dual orientation.
Lines of text are oriented to be vertical or horizontal. Text can have a vertical
orientation only if the associated font supports dual orientation. You can
create more than one line of vertical text. Each successive text line is drawn
to the right of the preceding line. The normal rotation angle for vertical text
is 270 degrees.
NOTE Vertical orientation is not supported for TrueType fonts and symbols.
Vertical Text for Asian Languages
SHX fonts. Text can be created with SHX fonts and Big Fonts for vertical
display in the same way as for previous releases. For best results, use the
single-line TEXT command, not MTEXT. You can select a vertical style in
the Text Style dialog box.
TrueType fonts. You still select fonts starting with the @ sign, but now
the text is automatically rotated 270 degrees. (In AutoCAD LT 2005 and
earlier releases, you had to manually rotate this text.) Vertical cursor
movement is now supported for vertical text.

Change Text

You can change text content, formatting, and properties such as scale and
justification.
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