DEFINE STYLE

DEFINE STYLE defines styles for text fonts.

It should be used with TEXT2 and TEXT. Style definitions prior to the definition of this style may be included in any script; however, styles defined that way can be used solely in those scripts, in which they are defined, and their subsequent second generation-scripts.

Syntax

DEFINE STYLE name font_family, size, anchor, face_code, filling

Parameters

name (string): name of the style

font_family (string): name of the font family used, e.g. Arial

size (decimal): height of the "l" character in mm

with TEXT2 and TEXT, size means character height in mm

anchor (integer, 0< anchor < 10): code for text position

face_code (integer): not supported, setting is ignored

filling (integer): can be 0 (= without background filling) or 1 (= with background filling)

Corresponding commands

[set] STYLE name_string

[set] STYLE index

All texts generated after a style setting will obtain this style, until the next style is set.

Index is a constant referring to a style stack in the internal data structure; this stack is modified during script analysis and can also be modified from within the program. Any use of the index instead of the style's name is only recommended with the prior use of the INDEX function.

Remarks

If there is no style set in a script, the following default is used:
SET STYLE 0 (application font, size 5 mm, anchor = 1, normal face)

Usable since script version 1.1 (Allplan 2012-1).