Hi, I'm trying to get an italics style in code. The following code does the job. But when I try to point that style to a text in a table it will not change the text to italic. It's width is according to the code but it wont make it italics or bold either. The preview box in Textstyles show that it really is italic but it will not appear that way in drawing area. Is it me or is a flaw in Autocad 2005 Dim omateksti As AcadTextStyle Set omateksti = acaddoc.TextStyles.Add("ARIALitalics") With omateksti .fontFile = "c:\winnt\fonts\ariali.ttf" .SetFont "ARIAL", False, True, 0, PitchandFamily .Width = 0.8 End With Yours Seppo Peltomaa