Text Style Sets (.STP Files)

Text Style Sets (.STP) files are simple text files that can be edited in any text editor. Each line of a style set contains the following fields, separated by commas:

Style Name - The name of the style. For Text Styles designed to be used in model space, it is useful to include a number indicating the text size in thousandths of a inch. For example, text that should print at 0.10 inches in height might be called "Style100"; text that should print at 0.08 inches high might e called "Style80".
Font Name - The name of the font, i.e. "simplex", "romans", etc.
Text Size - Height of the text (in paperspace units), i.e., the size of the text once it is plotted on paper.
Width Factor - "1" is normal width, "0.5" is half-width, "2" is double-width, etc.
Obliquing Angle - Angle to slant text; positive numbers are slanted to the right, negative to the left.
Backwards, Upside-Down, Vertical - text effects; a value of "_y" indicates the effect should be applied, a value of "_n" indicates that it should not.

To the upper-right is a sample Style Set (.STP) file, as it appears in Notepad. This Style Set is designed for Imperial Units, and assumes the Text Styles will be used in a drawing that will be plotted with 1 paperspace unit = 1 inch. Therefore, the L100 text style in the Style Set on the left will be 0.100 inches tall once it's printed on paper.

The first style in this particular Style Set is a zero-height version of the style. For all styles in this set, the Width Factor is set to 1. Styles with names ending in "-O" have an oblique angle of 18°. Likewise, "-B" styles are Backwards, "-U" styles are Upside-Down, and "-V" styles are Vertical.