Topic: DText Color Background

[dfarris75]

Something I did apparently changed a setting recently because when I create dtext (single line text) it now has a white background and I cannot see the text as I type it. All I see is a white block. Where is the setting for this?

[sinc]

Maybe you turned on the background mask, and set the color to WHITE?  Try right-clicking in the MTEXT editor and selecting "Background mask...", just to see what it says.

[sinc]

D'oh - never mind.

Just realized you said it was with single text, not MTEXT.... 

[dfarris75]

Yeah just single line text. Only when I create new dtext though does this happen. If I edit the text after creating it it displays as it normally would.

[M-dub]

Stupid question:  Have you tried restarting AutoCAD?

[dfarris75]

Yep. It's been restarted several times since the issue arose.

[sinc]

Oh, and remember that you must restart Autocad once for every dirty word you called it.  You have to cancel out the karma you built up before Autocad will respond to you again.   

[M-dub]

Sorry... Don't know what else.

I'm sure you've looked in the help file too, but this is from 2004 help.

Commands  
QTEXT
 Controls the display and plotting of text and attribute objects
 
STYLE
 Creates, modifies, or sets named text styles
 
TEXT
 Creates a single-line text object
 
System Variables  
FONTALT
 Specifies the alternate font to be used when the specified font file cannot be located
 
FONTMAP
 Specifies the font mapping file to be used
 
MIRRTEXT
 Controls how the MIRROR command reflects text
 
QTEXTMODE
 Controls how text is displayed
 
TEXTEVAL
 Controls the method of evaluation of text strings entered with the TEXT or -TEXT commands
 
TEXTFILL
 Controls the filling of TrueType fonts while plotting and rendering
 
TEXTQLTY
 Sets the resolution tessellation fineness of text outlines for TrueType fonts while plotting and rendering
 
TEXTSIZE
 Sets the default height for new text objects drawn with the current text style
 
TEXTSTYLE
 Sets the name of the current text style
 

[New Shooz]

I was just able to replicate this issue.

Changing the value of DTEXTED seemed to allay it.

[dfarris75]

Yes I see. Thanks!