Multiline Text - Can I Use Multiple Text Styles in one MText Object?

[AlbrechtC]

Hello,

I am using AutoCAD Map 3D (2014) and am creating elevation points for a sidewalk. I am creating multileaders with a proposed elevation on the first line of text, and then the existing elevation in parentheses on the second line of text. I would like to distinguish these elevations from each other with more than just the parentheses, if possible. i.e., I would like the proposed text to be in my proposed text style, which is bold and larger than the existing text style. Is there a way to have two different text styles within the same Multileader text? (Or within the same MText object?).

I've attached a photo of what my point looks like right now.

Thanks!

[ChicagoLooper · Accepted solution]

Sorry, but no, you can't.

You cannot have a portion of your text to be Style-1 and at the same time, a separate portion of the text Style-2. The Text Style will be applied to the entire mtext entity.

Here's a hack to FAKE OUT AutoCAD (and your audience):

You are using a SINGLE mtext that has 3 lines:

• Name
• Street Address
• City and State

For the hack, you can use your Text Style you've named ARIAL. Although this Text Style will applied to all three lines, you may override line 1 so it's BOLD, override line 2 so it's italic and line 3 so it's BOLDITALIC.

Use the buttons, either individually or in combination, to override the appearance of each line within the mtext. This is way to the give the appearance that different Text Styles are in one mtext despite only one stylethat is actually being used.  

Example: Four individual mtext entities on left, where each mtext is using a different Text Style.

On the right, it's just one mtext object that has one Text Style. Each line within the mtext has been overridden using the red circled button above.

[AlbrechtC]

Okay, thank you! I figured it may be impossible, I appreciate you providing a workaround!