variable for line spacing

Does anyone know the setvar variable for line spacing when using 'dtext'
command? I know you can set it in mtext, but my company requires us to use
dtext.

 

There is no "setvar" variable for this. The line spacing is hardcoded into
the font definition (.shp) file.
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Oh well, I'll just have to explode the mtext.

 

You can move each line of dtext to increase the spacing to whatever you
wish...

 

It's been a while since I did this but, if you have the font shape
definition file you can change the font LF (line feed) character.
Here is an example:
*0,4,Roman Simplex 1/20/86 Modified 4-20-89
21,7,2,0
*10,11,lf
2,3,2,8,(0,-63),14,8,(60,72),0

Original:
*0,4,Roman Simplex 10/23/91
21,7,2,0
*10,9,lf
2,8,(0,-36),14,8,(30,36),0

This makes the line feed 1/2 the text height. By setting the text height to
the correct height you get the spacing you want. Like I said, it's been a
while. I can't remember what the coding does.
Bob

 

For MTEXT, depending on the version there ate two variables for setting
the line spacing. TSPACETYPE and TSPACEFAC can be set to control this.
Unfortunately they are not saved anywhere so need to be set each time a
drawing is opened.

 

That would work, but then you still couldn't easily *vary* or *set* the line
spacing to suit a particular circumstance. You'd have to have a set of .shx
files for every desired value of linespacing.
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