This command allows you to change the text oblique angle on existing text in the drawing. The oblique angle for a specific text style is defined during the creation of the style. The default value for the oblique angle for text styles is 0 until defined to another value by the user. When changing the oblique angle, a minus (-) sign in front of the angle indicates a backward slant and a positive value results in a forward slant. Remember that the reference base point for the oblique change is always 0 degree. This means that if an existing text string has an oblique angle of 20, changing the oblique angle to 25 will not add 25 degrees to the existing 20 degree oblique resulting in a text oblique angle of 45 degrees, but rather a 25 degree oblique will be established by referencing 0 oblique as the base, and then slanting the text to 25 degrees. This works the same for slanting text backward as well as forward. Below is an example showing original text created with the default oblique angle of zero, then changed to a backward slant of 20 and a forward slant of 25 degrees.
Select the text to change.
Select objects: Select text to change oblique angle on.
Note that one or more text strings can be selected. When all
desired text has been selected, press Enter.
Enter new oblique angle <0.0>: Enter the desired
oblique angle.