How to select Text whose Font ID is greater than 999


  
 Applies To 
  
 Product(s):MicroStation
 Version(s):08.01.02.15
 Environment: N\A
 Area: Selection
 Subarea: General
 Original Author:Bentley Technical Support Group
  

Problem

How to select Text whose Font ID is greater than 999. This is given that the Font form field will only accept an entry of 3 characters of less

Solution

Open Edit>Select By Attributes (this is important for the keyin to be recognized) Use keyin: selectby textfont <(><<)>value>

You can use this keyin to select all text in a file that contains a true type font (1135 being the font number in this example):


MDL SILENTLOAD SELECTBY;selectby type text;selectby type textnode;selectby textfont 1135;selectby textnodefont 1135;selectbyexecute

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