Text¶

One line TEXT entity (DXF Reference). Text.dxf.height in drawing units and defaults to 1, but it also depends on the font rendering of the CAD application. Text.dxf.width is a scaling factor, but the DXF reference does not define the base value to scale, in practice the Text.dxf.height is the base value, the effective text width depends on the font defined by Text.dxf.style and the font rendering of the CAD application, especially for proportional fonts, text width calculation is nearly impossible without knowlegde of the used CAD application and their font rendering behavior. This is one reason why the DXF and also DWG file format are not reliable for exchanging exact text layout, they are just reliable for exchanging exact geometry.

See also

Tutorial for Text

Subclass of	`ezdxf.entities.DXFGraphic`
DXF type	`'TEXT'`
Factory function	`ezdxf.layouts.BaseLayout.add_text()`
Inherited DXF attributes	Common graphical DXF attributes

Warning

Do not instantiate entity classes by yourself - always use the provided factory functions!

class ezdxf.entities.Text¶

dxf.text¶: Text content. (str)

dxf.insert¶: First alignment point of text (2D/3D Point in OCS), relevant for the adjustments 'LEFT', 'ALIGN' and 'FIT'.

dxf.align_point¶

second alignment point of text (2D/3D Point in OCS), if the justification is anything other than 'LEFT', the second alignment point specify also the first alignment point: (or just the second alignment point for 'ALIGN' and 'FIT')

dxf.height¶: Text height in drawing units (float); default value is 1

dxf.rotation¶: Text rotation in degrees (float); default value is 0

dxf.oblique¶: Text oblique angle in degrees (float); default value is 0 (straight vertical text)

dxf.style¶: Textstyle name (str); default value is 'Standard'

dxf.width¶: Width scale factor (float); default value is 1

dxf.halign¶

Horizontal alignment flag (int), use set_pos() and get_align(); default value is 0

0	Left
2	Right
3	Aligned (if vertical alignment = 0)
4	Middle (if vertical alignment = 0)
5	Fit (if vertical alignment = 0)

dxf.valign¶

Vertical alignment flag (int), use set_pos() and get_align(); default value is 0

0	Baseline
1	Bottom
2	Middle
3	Top

dxf.text_generation_flag¶

Text generation flags (int)

2	text is backward (mirrored in X)
4	text is upside down (mirrored in Y)

set_pos(p1: Vertex, p2: Vertex = None, align: str = None) → Text ¶

Set text alignment, valid alignments are:

Vertical	Left	Center	Right
Top	TOP_LEFT	TOP_CENTER	TOP_RIGHT
Middle	MIDDLE_LEFT	MIDDLE_CENTER	MIDDLE_RIGHT
Bottom	BOTTOM_LEFT	BOTTOM_CENTER	BOTTOM_RIGHT
Baseline	LEFT	CENTER	RIGHT

Alignments 'ALIGNED' and 'FIT' are special, they require a second alignment point, text is aligned on the virtual line between these two points and has vertical alignment Baseline.

'ALIGNED': Text is stretched or compressed to fit exactly between p1 and p2 and the text height is also adjusted to preserve height/width ratio.
'FIT': Text is stretched or compressed to fit exactly between p1 and p2 but only the text width is adjusted, the text height is fixed by the dxf.height attribute.
'MIDDLE': also a special adjustment, but the result is the same as for 'MIDDLE_CENTER'.

Parameters

p1 – first alignment point as (x, y[, z]) tuple
p2 – second alignment point as (x, y[, z]) tuple, required for 'ALIGNED' and 'FIT' else ignored
align – new alignment, None for preserve existing alignment.

get_pos() → Tuple[str, Vertex, Optional[Vertex]]¶: Returns a tuple (align, p1, p2), align is the alignment method, p1 is the alignment point, p2 is only relevant if align is 'ALIGNED' or 'FIT', otherwise it is None.

get_align() → str¶: Returns the actual text alignment as string, see also set_pos().

set_align(align: str = 'LEFT') → Text ¶

Just for experts: Sets the text alignment without setting the alignment points, set adjustment points attr:dxf.insert and dxf.align_point manually.

Parameters: align – test alignment, see also set_pos()

transform(m: Matrix44) → Text ¶: Transform TEXT entity by transformation matrix m inplace.

New in version 0.13.

translate(dx: float, dy: float, dz: float) → Text ¶: Optimized TEXT/ATTRIB/ATTDEF translation about dx in x-axis, dy in y-axis and dz in z-axis, returns self (floating interface).

New in version 0.13.

plain_text() → str¶: Returns text content without formatting codes.

New in version 0.13.