TextObject

The TextObject command draws text-shaped curves, surfaces, or polysurfaces based on TrueType fonts.

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Text Object options

Height ___ <units>

Sets the text height in model units.

Font

The text appearance.

Click to open the drop-down list, and type the initial letter of a font to find the font quickly.
Click the font control and scroll the mouse wheel through the list to select a font.
If a font used by an annotation is missing on the current system:

You will be prompted when you select the annotation or edit the style.

The annotation displays with a substitute font in viewports.

The missing font is listed with "(not installed)" in the font list.

Text alignment

Left align text

Sets the horizontal text alignment to the left.

Center align text

Sets the horizontal text alignment to the center.

Right align text

Sets the horizontal text alignment to the right.

Top align text

Sets the vertical text alignment to the top.

Middle align text

Sets the vertical text alignment to the middle.

Bottom align text

Sets the vertical text alignment to the bottom.

B

Sets the font style to bold.

I

Sets the font style to italic.

Toggle stacking brackets

The toggle stacking brackets button is a shortcut to add or remove [[...]] around text selected in the edit box. Stacking brackets will make the text between them stack, so that [[1/2]] will display as a stacked fraction.

Degree

Enters a degree symbol (°) into the text.

Radius

Enters a radius symbol (R) into the text.

Diameter

Enters a diameter symbol (Ø) into the text.

Plus/Minus

Enters a plus/minus symbol (±) into the text.

Rotation

Sets the rotation angle for the text.

Edit box

Type the text in the edit box.

Right-click in the edit area to cut, copy, and paste text.

To change letter case of the selected text, right-click and select Transformations > Make Upper Case, Make Lower Case or Capitalize.

Output

Specifies the output object type.

Curves

Creates text using outline curves.

Surfaces

Creates text using planar surfaces.

Solids

Creates text using solids.

Thickness

Specifies the solid thickness.

Group output

Groups resulting text objects.

Allow single-stroke fonts

This option is only useful for single-stroke engraving fonts unknown to Rhino. Always leave this option unchecked unless the single-stroke font used has an unexpected look as below.

There are three types of engraving fonts:


Single-stroke	Double-stroke	Two-line

Rhino keeps a list of engraving fonts. If one of them is selected, Rhino will try the following:

Single-stroke fonts - Remove the closing lines that connect the two ends of every stroke.
Try the MecSoft_Font-1 font installed by Rhino. The closing lines are removed even if Allow single-stroke fonts is unchecked.
Double-stroke fonts - Remove overlapped curves when possible to reduce doubled-up tooling paths.
When overlapped curves are left, you can use the Make2D command to generate a copy of the curves without overlapping.
Two-line fonts are standard outline fonts with a constant width. Allow single-stroke fonts may remove necessary lines.

Lower case as small caps

Displays lower-case letters as small caps. Set the relative text size to a percentage of the normal text.

Add spacing

Adds spacing between letters.

Use text center to position

When placing the text, the cursor will appear at the center of the text.

Single-stroke font installed by Rhino: MecSoft_Font-1.

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