The text you add to your drawing conveys various information. It may be a complex specification, title block information, or a label.
Single-Line Text
For short, simple entries use single-line text. Each text line is an independent object that you can relocate, reformat, or otherwise modify.
Multiline Text
For longer entries, or text that requires special formatting, use multiline text. Multiline text supports:
- Text wrapping
- Formatting individual characters, words, or phrases within a paragraph
- Columns
- Stacked text
- Bullet and numbered lists
- Tabs and indents
Text Styles
The text style sets the font, size, oblique angle, orientation, and other text characteristics. When you insert a text object it uses the current text style.
The Standard text style exists by default in all drawings. You can create and modify text styles as needed. Once you create a standard set of text styles, you can save the drawing as a template file (.dwt) that you can use when you start a new drawing.
Current Layer Override
By default, all new objects are created on the current layer. For new text and multiline text objects, you can specify a default layer that's different than the current layer with the TEXTLAYER system variable. You can also use the layer override drop-down list from the Annotate tab, text panel (Windows only).
Rotated Views
Leader landings, components of dimensions, and text objects determine their horizontal and vertical directions from the UCS axes at the time when they are created. If a view in a drawing is rotated, you can first use the UCS /View option to set the horizontal and vertical directions relative to the drawing rather than the rotated view.