NAME

DoTextSpace − Create a text space primitive attribute object

SYNOPSIS

C:

DtObject DoTextSpace(textspace)
DtReal textspace;

FORTRAN:

INTEGER∗4 DOTSP(TXSPAC)
REAL∗8 TXSPAC

DESCRIPTION

DoTextSpace creates a text space primitive attribute object.  The parameter textspace specifies the amount of additional space to insert between adjacent characters in subsequently executed text primitive objects. 

The textspace parameter is specified as a scaling factor (fraction) of the font-nominal character width to be used as additional spacing.  The specified spacing can be positive, negative or 0.  When this scaling factor is 0 (the default), the spacing built in by the font designer is used.  A negative value for spacing causes characters to overlap each other by the specified amount. 

DEFAULTS

The default DoTextSpace is 0.0. 

SEE ALSO

DoAnnoText(3D), DoText(3D), DoTextAlign(3D), DoTextExpFactor(3D), DoTextFont(3D), DoTextHeight(3D), DoTextPath(3D), DoTextPrecision(3D), DoTextUpVector(3D)

September 02, 1992