CAD tip # 2924:

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What are the font control characters in MTEXT text?

You can find control codes like {\fTahoma|b0|i0|c0|p34} in your Mtext entities. What do they mean?

\f sets the font name (TT or SHX)
b switches 'bold' on (1) or off (0)
i switches 'italic' on (1) or off (0)
c sets codepage (0=no; 2=symbols; 234=EE; etc.)
p sets font pitch and family

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