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Demo Programs
Function Syntax	(LM:GrText <str>)
Current Version	1.1
Download	GrTextV1-1.lsp
View HTML Version	GrTextV1-1.html
Download Demo Program	GrTextDemo.lsp
View HTML Version	GrTextDemo.html
Download Demo Program	GrDialogDemo.lsp
View HTML Version	GrDialogDemo.html

Arguments
Symbol	Type	Description
str	String	String to be expressed in Vector List format
Returns
Type	Description
List	GrVecs Pixel Vector List relative to the Origin

The program assumes that all selected text objects have the same height & rotation and will align the text objects in a direction perpendicular to the rotation angle of an arbitrary text object in the set. Excel for Office 365 Excel for Office 365 for Mac Excel 2019 Excel 2016 Excel 2019 for Mac Excel 2013 Excel 2010 Excel 2007 Excel 2016 for Mac Excel for Mac 2011 More. Less If you want to change the way data appears in a cell, you can rotate the font angle, or change the data alignment.

Program Description

This function will return a vector list encoding a supplied text string, expressed in pixels relative to the origin, suitable for use with the AutoLISP grvecs function. If utilised within a grread loop (as demonstrated by the demo programs below), this enables the display of vectorised text on-screen (and beside the cursor) in real-time.

The grvecs list returned by this function may also be manipulated to display text in a standard DCL dialog, as demonstrated by the GrDialog Demo program, available for download above.

The LM:GrText function is also independent of Visual LISP and will hence work in all versions of AutoCAD.

Demonstration Programs

The following examples demonstrate the various uses of GrText, from displaying simple text entered by the user, to coordinate and area read-outs, progressing to other more complex implementations. A selection of the demonstration programs shown here may be downloaded from the link at the top of this page.

Please ensure the GrText.lsp function is loaded before running the following demo programs.

Demo Program 1

This simple example program prompts the user to type a message and will display the entered text in real-time beside the cursor as the text is entered.

Demo Program 2

This program will dynamically display the coordinates of the cursor position beside the cursor as it is moved across the screen. The coordinates are expressed in WCS using the active settings of the LUNITS & LUPREC system variables. This example program also demonstrates the speed of the LM:GrText in generating the vector list for a given string.

Demo Program 3

This program prompts the user for a base point and displays the area of the rectangular region enclosed by the base point and cursor in real-time as the cursor is moved across the screen.

GrDialog Demo Program

This example program is also available for download from the link at the top of the page and demonstrates how the LM:GrText function may be utilised to display text in a standard DCL dialog.

Further Examples

These additional examples are not included in the set of downloadable demonstration programs but show additional applications for the LM:GrText function.

The following animation shows the function used in a program to display the area and perimeter of a selected region in real-time:

Another example demonstrating the use of the function in a dynamic array program:

Lightroom’s Print module makes it easy to design gorgeous print templates, but adding custom text to a print layout is tricky. Oddly enough, Lightroom’s Identity Plate feature is the easiest way to get it done, though formatting text can be challenging. In this column you’ll learn how to create a new identity plate for use in a print layout, how to create a multi-line identity plate, and how to design your own plate in image editing software.

Designing a text-based identity plate in Lightroom

Lightroom’s main identity plate is visible at the upper-left of the interface, though the one we’re designing here is intended specifically for print. The easiest place to create and format the identity plate is in the Print module; that way you can see exactly how the text looks atop the print.

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Once you’ve selected some photos, click the Print button at the upper right and then pick a template from the Template Browser panel at left. If this is your first foray into the Print module, it’s important to understand how these templates work: If you pick a template that includes the word “custom” in its name, meaning its layout style is a “custom package,” as noted in the Layout panel, you can drag and drop photos from the photo bin at the bottom of the interface into the black-outlined photo slots in your print layout. After you’ve added a photo to the layout, you can click the photo and drag it around within its frame.

To populate other template styles, such as “single image/contact sheet” or “picture package,” you must activate your photos in the photo bin—they’ll then appear in the template (otherwise it’s empty). For example, if your template has three slots, activate three photos in the photo bin by Command- or Shift-clicking them; if you deactivate a photo in the bin, that slot is emptied in the template. To rearrange the order of photos in the print template, you must drag to rearrange them in the photo bin.

When you’re ready to add custom text, trot over to the right side of the interface and scroll down until you see the Page panel. Turn on the Identity Plate checkbox and, to create horizontal text, click the angle field to its right and choose “No rotation” from the resulting menu. Next, click inside the identity plate preview area and from the resulting menu, choose Edit.

In the identity plate editor that appears, you’re given precious few options. To add a single line of text, click inside the box and type away. Format the text by highlighting it and then use the editor’s font family, style, size, and color controls. To add a second line of text, press and hold the Option key on your keyboard and then tap the Return key once to add one line or twice to add two lines (this trick only works on Macs) and then type your text. You can’t see the text as you’re typing it, because there’s no scroll bar in the identity plate editor (!), but the text is there. To see all your text, click OK to close the editor—your text will then appear on your print layout.

Formatting text you can’t see

To edit the text and its formatting, reopen the editor by double-clicking the text box in your print layout. Since you can’t see the second line of text in the editor, here’s the trick to formatting it: type the second line first, format it to your liking, use the Option-Return key trick mentioned above to add a line, and then use your keyboard’s up arrow key to get back to the first line in order to type and format that first line. It’s weird but it works.

To control the overall size of the new identity plate, use the Page panel’s Scale slider. However, to change font size of individual lines of text, you have to reopen the identity plate editor and tweak the font size—it’ll be impossible to highlight the second line of text in order to resize it, so you may need to start over. Nevertheless, after several (possibly frustrating) moments of experimentation, you’ll get the text formatted just right.

It’s easier with help

For more control, and the ability to see the identity plate as you’re creating it (!), use an image editor such as Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, or Pixelmator. Simply create a new document at the size and resolution of your Lightroom print, style your text, and then crop the document down to th