Drawing Single-Line Text
A single line of text can consist of a single character, a word, or a complete sentence. The easiest way to draw such text is to use the DTEXT command. To insert a single line of text, open the Draw menu and choose Text, Single Line Text. The initial prompt displayed in the command window presents several options:
Specify start point of text or [Justify/Style]:
The default option is to specify the lower-left corner, otherwise known as the start point, of the new line of text. After picking the start point, you are prompted to supply the height (unless the height is set in the style being used), the rotation angle of the text, and the new text to be drawn. As you type the text, it is displayed on your drawing. If you ...
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