Text styles

  • Use the command Style to open the Text style manager, to edit or create new text styles.


  • Click Draw.

  • Click Styles.

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  • The Text style manager panel is opened.

  • From the Text styles, click on Add to create a new style, or select an existing style to edit. Click on Delete to delete the selected style.

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  • Name: the name of the style.

  • SHX: selects a drawing font (the SHX fonts are lighter than Windows TrueType fonts).

  • Font name: selects a Windows TrueType font.

  • Bold: if enabled, the entered text is in bold.

  • Italic: if enabled, the entered text is in italic.

  • Underline: if enabled, the entered text is underlined.

  • Strikeout: the entered text is crossed out.

  • Width factor: the width of the text is based on a factor of the letter width defined by the font.  The predefined width can be altered by the factor entered here.