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IFormattedTextSymbol Interface

Provides access to members that control the formatted text symbol.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Description

IFormattedTextSymbol is the interface for creating text symbols that have robust character placement and background display properties.

Members

	Name	Description
	Angle	Text baseline angle.
	Background	The text background object.
	Case	The text case.
	CharacterSpacing	The character spacing.
	CharacterWidth	The character width.
	Color	Text color.
	Direction	The text direction.
	FillSymbol	The fill symbol.
	FlipAngle	The flip angle.
	Font	Text font.
	GetTextSize	Gets the x and y dimensions of 'text' in points (1/72 inch).
	HorizontalAlignment	Horizontal alignment style.
	Kerning	Indicates if kerning is on.
	Leading	The character leading.
	Position	The text position.
	RightToLeft	Indicates if the text is drawn from right to left.
	ShadowColor	The shadow color.
	ShadowXOffset	The shadow X offset.
	ShadowYOffset	The shadow Y offset.
	Size	Text size.
	Text	Text to draw.
	TypeSetting	Indicates if typesetting is used.
	VerticalAlignment	Vertical alignment style.
	WordSpacing	The word spacing.

Inherited Interfaces

Interfaces	Description
ITextSymbol	Provides access to members that control text symbols.

Classes that implement IFormattedTextSymbol

Classes	Description
TextMarkerSymbol (esriTrackingAnalyst)	Class used to create a text marker symbol used to symbolize point geometries.
TextSymbol	A symbol that controls how text is displayed.

Remarks

Change the spread of characters in the text string by setting the CharacterSpacing property, which indicates the spacing between each character as a percentage. The default is 0, which indicates the standard character spacing, but values of -200 to 200 are valid. Lines of text can be spaced by setting the Leading property, whose units are Points.

You can change the case of every alphabetic character in the text string by setting the Case property to one of the esriTextCase constants.

You can also create subscript and superscript text by setting the Position property.