Text symbol properties

Text symbols control how text looks. The text symbol consists of native properties that include options for changing the font, style, and formatting. You can access the symbol properties from the Symbol tab when working with text elements such as labels, annotation, dimensions, titles, dynamic text, legends, scale bars, and other textual information on a map.

General tab

Click the General tab to access the Appearance, Position, Rotation, Halo, Shadow, Callout, and Output property groups.

Appearance

Property name	Description
Font name	The font family name—for example, Comic Sans.
Font style	The style name for the font family—for example, Regular, Bold, or Italic. Note: In addition to preset styles, variable fonts enable customization of their font variations such as width, weight, slant, and so on. Click the Font Variation button to access the variations. Subproperty Description Array of font variations The value specified for the variation, for example, weight, width, slant, and so on.
Size	The size of the text measured in points.
Text fill symbol	The polygon symbol used to draw the glyphs of the text. Note: The properties listed below are the basic polygon symbol properties. Learn more about polygon symbols Subproperty Description Color The color of the polygon symbol used to draw the glyphs of the text. Outline color The color of the line symbol used to draw the outline of the glyphs of the text. Outline width The width of the outline measured in points.
Underline	Whether the text is drawn with an underline.
Strikethrough	Whether the text is drawn with a strike through it.
Text case	The letter case used to draw the text. Normal Upper case—All characters are converted to upper case. Lower case—All characters are converted to lower case. Small caps—Lowercase text is converted to small caps, and upper case text is left as upper case.
Position adjustment	Whether the text is drawn as subscript or superscript. Normal Superscript—Characters are set slightly above the normal line of text. Subscript—Characters are set slightly below the normal line of text.

Position

Property name	Description
Horizontal alignment	The alignment type used to horizontally align the text to its geometry. This affects which side of a point geometry the point text is drawn or which end of a line it is drawn near. Text of labels placed to the left of a feature are right aligned, and text of labels placed to the right of a feature are left aligned. It is commonly used to define how stacked text appears. Left—Characters align to the left of the line. Center—Characters align to the center of the line. Right—Characters align to the right of the line. Full—Characters are aligned to the left and right and spaces fill in the line. This creates a straight edge on both sides of multiline text.
Vertical alignment	The alignment type used to vertically align the text to its geometry. Top—Characters align to the tallest letter. Center—Characters align to the middle of the lowercase letters. Bottom—Characters align to the lowest letter. Baseline—Characters align to the lowest letter on the baseline.
Offset X	The X offset measured in points.
Offset Y	The Y offset measured in points.
Offset Z (3D only)	The Z offset measured in points. It is applied in 3D.

Rotation

Property name	Description
Angle/Angle Z	The amount of rotation applied to the text symbol, measured in degrees, around the geometry. When applied in 3D, the rotation is measured around the geometry's z-axis.
Angle X (3D only)	The amount of rotation of the text symbol around the x-axis, measured in degrees, around the geometry. This type of rotation is also referred to as tilt. It is applied in 3D.
Angle Y (3D only)	The amount of rotation of the text symbol around the y-axis, measured in degrees, around the geometry. This type of rotation is also referred to as roll. It is applied in 3D.

Halo

Property name	Description
Halo symbol	The polygon symbol used to draw the halo for a text symbol. Note: The properties listed below are the basic polygon symbol properties. Learn more about polygon symbols Subproperty Description Color The color of the polygon symbol used to draw the halo for a text symbol. Outline color The color of the line symbol used to draw the outline of the halo for a text symbol. Outline width The width of the outline in points.
Halo size	The size of the halo, measured in points, that extends beyond the symbol shape.

Shadow

Property name	Description
Color	The color of the shadow that is defined for the text symbol. The shadow is drawn as an offset copy of the text.
X Offset	The shadow offset, measured in points, from the text symbol in the horizontal direction. If X and Y are zero, no shadow is drawn.
Y Offset	The shadow offset, measured in points, from the text symbol in the vertical direction. If X and Y are zero, no shadow is drawn.

Callout

Simple line callout

Property name	Description
Leader line symbol	The line symbol used to draw the leader line. Note: The properties listed below are the basic line symbol properties. Learn more about line symbols Subproperty Description Color The color of the line symbol that is used to draw the leader line. Line width The width of the leader line in points.
Leader tolerance	The closest distance to the text, measured in points, that the anchor point can be for the callout to draw.
Automatically snap the leader to the text	Whether the leader lines are automatically snapped to the text.

Background callout

Property name	Description
Background symbol	The symbol used to draw the background. If null, the background doesn't draw. Note: The properties listed below are the basic polygon symbol properties. Learn more about polygon symbols Subproperty Description Color The color of the symbol used to draw the background. Outline color The color of the line symbol used to draw the outline of the background. Outline width The width of the outline in points.
Accent bar symbol	The symbol used to draw the accent bar. If null, the accent bar doesn't draw. Note: The properties listed below are the basic line symbol properties. Learn more about line symbols Subproperty Description Color The color of the line symbol used to draw the accent bar. Line width The width of the accent bar in points.
Leader line symbol	The line symbol used to draw the leader line. Note: The properties listed below are the basic line symbol properties. Learn more about line symbols Subproperty Description Color The color of the line symbol used to draw the leader line. Line width The width of the leader line in points.
Leader style	The style of line to generate when a point leader is drawn. Leader lines are always drawn with their own geometry. Base—The line callout leader is a single line originating from the closest corner of the text box with the gap applied. If the callout has an accent bar, it is connected to the closest point at either the top or bottom of the accent bar. Midpoint—The line callout leader is a single line originating from the midpoint of the left or right side of the text box with the gap applied or from the midpoint of the accent bar if the callout has one. Three point—The line callout leader is a 3-point line originating from the midpoint of the left or right side of the text box with the gap applied or the midpoint of the accent bar if the callout has one. Four point—The line callout leader is a 4-point line originating from the midpoint of the left or right side of the text box with the gap applied or the midpoint of the accent bar if the callout has one. Underline—The line callout draws a line that connects to the closest of the four corners of the text with the gap applied. If the callout has an accent bar, it is connected to the closest point at either the top or bottom of the accent bar. Additionally, either an underline or an overline is drawn along the closest side (bottom or top) of the text. Circular clockwise—The line callout leader is curved (clockwise) from the anchor point to the closest corner of the text box with the gap applied. If the callout has an accent bar, it is connected to the closest point at either the top or bottom of the accent bar. Circular counterclockwise—The line callout leader is curved (counterclockwise) from the anchor point to the closest corner of the text box with the gap applied. If the callout has an accent bar, it is connected to the closest point at either the top or bottom of the accent bar.
Leader tolerance	The closest distance to the text, measured in points, that the anchor point can be for the callout to draw.
Gap	The gap, measured in points, between the point symbol and the beginning of the leader line.
Left margin	The left margin measured in points.
Right margin	The right margin measured in points.
Top margin	The top margin measured in points.
Bottom margin	The bottom margin measured in points.

Point symbol callout

Property name	Description
Point symbol	The symbol that is drawn as the background behind the text. The most common use case for this type of symbol is a highway shield. When drawing a highway shield, this is the shield itself without numbers. Note: The properties listed below are the basic point symbol properties. Learn more about point symbols Subproperty Description Color The color of the point symbol that is drawn as the background behind the text. Size The size of the point symbol measured in points. Angle The angle of the point symbol, measured counterclockwise, in degrees. Scale Defines how the background is scaled to fit the dimensions of the symbol. None Width and height—Uniform scaling of width and height. Width only—Nonuniform scaling of only width.
Leader line symbol	The line symbol used to draw the leader line. Note: The properties listed below are the basic line symbol properties. Learn more about line symbols Subproperty Description Color The color of the line symbol used to draw the leader line. Line width The width of the leader line in points.
Leader style	The style of line to generate when a point leader is drawn. Leader lines are always drawn with their own geometry. Base—The line callout leader is a single line originating from the closest corner of the text box with the gap applied. If the callout has an accent bar, it is connected to the closest point at either the top or bottom of the accent bar. Midpoint—The line callout leader is a single line originating from the midpoint of the left or right side of the text box with the gap applied or from the midpoint of the accent bar if the callout has one. Three point—The line callout leader is a 3-point line originating from the midpoint of the left or right side of the text box with the gap applied or the midpoint of the accent bar if the callout has one. Four point—The line callout leader is a 4-point line originating from the midpoint of the left or right side of the text box with the gap applied or the midpoint of the accent bar if the callout has one. Underline—The line callout draws a line that connects to the closest of the four corners of the text with the gap applied. If the callout has an accent bar, it is connected to the closest point at either the top or bottom of the accent bar. Additionally, either an underline or an overline is drawn along the closest side (bottom or top) of the text. Circular clockwise—The line callout leader is curved (clockwise) from the anchor point to the closest corner of the text box with the gap applied. If the callout has an accent bar, it is connected to the closest point at either the top or bottom of the accent bar. Circular counterclockwise —The line callout leader is curved (counterclockwise) from the anchor point to the closest corner of the text box with the gap applied. If the callout has an accent bar, it is connected to the closest point at either the top or bottom of the accent bar.
Leader tolerance	The closest distance to the text, measured in points, that the anchor point can be for the callout to draw.
Gap	The gap, measured in points, between the point symbol and the beginning of the leader line.

Balloon callout

Property name	Description
Balloon style	The balloon style Rectangle style Rounded rectangle style Oval style
Balloon symbol	The polygon symbol used to draw the background. Note: The properties listed below are the basic polygon symbol properties. Learn more about polygon symbols Subproperty Description Color The color of the polygon symbol used to draw the background. Outline color The color of the line symbol used to draw the outline of the background. Outline width The width of the outline in points.
Fixed dart width	Whether to use a fixed size when drawing the dart symbol.
Dart style	The dart style Dart fill symbol matches balloon fill symbol Dart has separate fill symbol
Dart symbol	The polygon symbol used to draw the dart. Note: The properties listed below are the basic polygon symbol properties. Learn more about polygon symbols Subproperty Description Color The color of the polygon symbol used to draw the dart fill. Outline color The color of the line symbol used to draw the outline of the dart. Outline width The width of the outline in points.
Leader tolerance	The closest distance to the text, measured in points, that the anchor point can be for the callout to draw.
Left margin	The left margin measured in points.
Right margin	The right margin measured in points.
Top margin	The top margin measured in points.
Bottom margin	The bottom margin measured in points.

Composite callout

Property name	Description
Background symbol	The polygon symbol used to draw the background. Note: The properties listed below are the basic polygon symbol properties. Learn more about polygon symbols Subproperty Description Color The color of the polygon symbol used to draw the background. Outline color The color of the line symbol used to draw the outline of the background. Outline width The width of the outline in points. Corner radius The radius of the corner in points.
Shadow symbol	The polygon symbol used to draw the shadow. Note: The properties listed below are the basic polygon symbol properties. Learn more about polygon symbols Subproperty Description Color The color of the polygon symbol used to draw the shadow. Outline color The color of the line symbol used to draw the outline of the shadow. Outline width The width of the outline in points. Shadow offset X The shadow offset, measured in points, from the background symbol in the horizontal direction. If X and Y are zero, no shadow is drawn. Shadow offset Y The shadow offset, measured in points, from the background symbol in the vertical direction. If X and Y are zero, no shadow is drawn.
Proportion of dart drawn as leader	The percentage of the leader line that is drawn as a line as opposed to a solid dart.
Leader line symbol	The line symbol used to draw the dart. Note: The properties listed below are the basic line symbol properties. Learn more about line symbols Subproperty Description Color The color of the line symbol used to draw the dart. Line width The width of the line in points.
Dart symbol	The polygon symbol used to draw the dart. Note: The properties listed below are the basic polygon symbol properties. Learn more about polygon symbols Subproperty Description Color The color of the polygon symbol used to draw the dart fill. Outline color The color of the line symbol used to draw the outline of the dart. Outline width The width of the outline in points. Dart width The width of the dart symbol where it connects to the background.
Snap leaders to corners only	Whether the leader lines are automatically snapped to the corners.
Leader tolerance	The closest distance to the text, measured in points, that the anchor point can be for the callout to draw.
Left margin	The left margin measured in points.
Right margin	The right margin measured in points.
Top margin	The top margin measured in points.
Bottom margin	The bottom margin measured in points.

Composite Callout Placement Properties

Middle

Property name	Description
Horizontal alignment	The alignment type used to horizontally align the text to its geometry. This affects which side of a point geometry the point text is drawn or which end of a line it is drawn near. Text of labels placed to the left of a feature are right aligned, and text of labels placed to the right of a feature are left aligned. It is commonly used to define how stacked text appears. Left—Characters align to the left of the line. Center—Characters align to the center of the line. Right—Characters align to the right of the line. Full—Characters are aligned to the left and right and spaces fill in the line. This creates a straight edge on both sides of multiline text.
Vertical alignment	The alignment type used to vertically align the text to its geometry. Top—Characters align to the tallest letter. Center—Characters align to the middle of the lowercase letters. Bottom—Characters align to the lowest letter. Baseline—Characters align to the lowest letter on the baseline.

Top Left

Property name	Description
Contain element within callout box	Whether the text part will be contained within the main callout. If checked, the main callout will expand to encompass this text part, and a line will be drawn separating the part from the rest of the callout. This line will have the same symbol as the callout outline and will only draw if the text part is above or below the top and bottom margins of the middle text.
Horizontal alignment	The alignment type used to horizontally align the text to its geometry. This affects which side of a point geometry the point text is drawn or which end of a line it is drawn near. Text of labels placed to the left of a feature are right aligned, and text of labels placed to the right of a feature are left aligned. It is commonly used to define how stacked text appears. Left—Characters align to the left of the line. Center—Characters align to the center of the line. Right—Characters align to the right of the line. Full—Characters are aligned to the left and right and spaces fill in the line. This creates a straight edge on both sides of multiline text.
Vertical alignment	The alignment type used to vertically align the text to its geometry. Top—Characters align to the tallest letter. Center—Characters align to the middle of the lowercase letters. Bottom—Characters align to the lowest letter. Baseline—Characters align to the lowest letter on the baseline.
Offset X	The X offset measured in points.
Offset Y	The Y offset measured in points.
Split offset	The gap between the callout border and any part of the text part intersecting the border. If this is set wider than the callout width, none of the associated callout line will draw.

Top

Property name	Description
Contain element within callout box	Whether the text part will be contained within the main callout. If checked, the main callout will expand to encompass this text part, and a line will be drawn separating the part from the rest of the callout. This line will have the same symbol as the callout outline and will only draw if the text part is above or below the top and bottom margins of the middle text.
Horizontal alignment	The alignment type used to horizontally align the text to its geometry. This affects which side of a point geometry the point text is drawn or which end of a line it is drawn near. Text of labels placed to the left of a feature are right aligned, and text of labels placed to the right of a feature are left aligned. It is commonly used to define how stacked text appears. Left—Characters align to the left of the line. Center—Characters align to the center of the line. Right—Characters align to the right of the line. Full—Characters are aligned to the left and right and spaces fill in the line. This creates a straight edge on both sides of multiline text.
Vertical alignment	The alignment type used to vertically align the text to its geometry. Top—Characters align to the tallest letter. Center—Characters align to the middle of the lowercase letters. Bottom—Characters align to the lowest letter. Baseline—Characters align to the lowest letter on the baseline.
Offset X	The X offset measured in points.
Offset Y	The Y offset measured in points.
Split offset	The gap between the callout border and any part of the text part intersecting the border. If this is set wider than the callout width, none of the associated callout line will draw.

Top Right

Property name	Description
Contain element within callout box	Whether the text part will be contained within the main callout. If checked, the main callout will expand to encompass this text part, and a line will be drawn separating the part from the rest of the callout. This line will have the same symbol as the callout outline and will only draw if the text part is above or below the top and bottom margins of the middle text.
Horizontal alignment	The alignment type used to horizontally align the text to its geometry. This affects which side of a point geometry the point text is drawn or which end of a line it is drawn near. Text of labels placed to the left of a feature are right aligned, and text of labels placed to the right of a feature are left aligned. It is commonly used to define how stacked text appears. Left—Characters align to the left of the line. Center—Characters align to the center of the line. Right—Characters align to the right of the line. Full—Characters are aligned to the left and right and spaces fill in the line. This creates a straight edge on both sides of multiline text.
Vertical alignment	The alignment type used to vertically align the text to its geometry. Top—Characters align to the tallest letter. Center—Characters align to the middle of the lowercase letters. Bottom—Characters align to the lowest letter. Baseline—Characters align to the lowest letter on the baseline.
Offset X	The X offset measured in points.
Offset Y	The Y offset measured in points.
Split offset	The gap between the callout border and any part of the text part intersecting the border. If this is set wider than the callout width, none of the associated callout line will draw.

Top Left

Property name	Description
Contain element within callout box	Whether the text part will be contained within the main callout. If checked, the main callout will expand to encompass this text part, and a line will be drawn separating the part from the rest of the callout. This line will have the same symbol as the callout outline and will only draw if the text part is above or below the top and bottom margins of the middle text.
Horizontal alignment	The alignment type used to horizontally align the text to its geometry. This affects which side of a point geometry the point text is drawn or which end of a line it is drawn near. Text of labels placed to the left of a feature are right aligned, and text of labels placed to the right of a feature are left aligned. It is commonly used to define how stacked text appears. Left—Characters align to the left of the line. Center—Characters align to the center of the line. Right—Characters align to the right of the line. Full—Characters are aligned to the left and right and spaces fill in the line. This creates a straight edge on both sides of multiline text.
Vertical alignment	The alignment type used to vertically align the text to its geometry. Top—Characters align to the tallest letter. Center—Characters align to the middle of the lowercase letters. Bottom—Characters align to the lowest letter. Baseline—Characters align to the lowest letter on the baseline.
Offset X	The X offset measured in points.
Offset Y	The Y offset measured in points.
Split offset	The gap between the callout border and any part of the text part intersecting the border. If this is set wider than the callout width, none of the associated callout line will draw.

Right

Property name	Description
Contain element within callout box	Whether the text part will be contained within the main callout. If checked, the main callout will expand to encompass this text part, and a line will be drawn separating the part from the rest of the callout. This line will have the same symbol as the callout outline and will only draw if the text part is above or below the top and bottom margins of the middle text.
Horizontal alignment	The alignment type used to horizontally align the text to its geometry. This affects which side of a point geometry the point text is drawn or which end of a line it is drawn near. Text of labels placed to the left of a feature are right aligned, and text of labels placed to the right of a feature are left aligned. It is commonly used to define how stacked text appears. Left—Characters align to the left of the line. Center—Characters align to the center of the line. Right—Characters align to the right of the line. Full—Characters are aligned to the left and right and spaces fill in the line. This creates a straight edge on both sides of multiline text.
Vertical alignment	The alignment type used to vertically align the text to its geometry. Top—Characters align to the tallest letter. Center—Characters align to the middle of the lowercase letters. Bottom—Characters align to the lowest letter. Baseline—Characters align to the lowest letter on the baseline.
Offset X	The X offset measured in points.
Offset Y	The Y offset measured in points.
Split offset	The gap between the callout border and any part of the text part intersecting the border. If this is set wider than the callout width, none of the associated callout line will draw.

Bottom Left

Property name	Description
Contain element within callout box	Whether the text part will be contained within the main callout. If checked, the main callout will expand to encompass this text part, and a line will be drawn separating the part from the rest of the callout. This line will have the same symbol as the callout outline and will only draw if the text part is above or below the top and bottom margins of the middle text.
Horizontal alignment	The alignment type used to horizontally align the text to its geometry. This affects which side of a point geometry the point text is drawn or which end of a line it is drawn near. Text of labels placed to the left of a feature are right aligned, and text of labels placed to the right of a feature are left aligned. It is commonly used to define how stacked text appears. Left—Characters align to the left of the line. Center—Characters align to the center of the line. Right—Characters align to the right of the line. Full—Characters are aligned to the left and right and spaces fill in the line. This creates a straight edge on both sides of multiline text.
Vertical alignment	The alignment type used to vertically align the text to its geometry. Top—Characters align to the tallest letter. Center—Characters align to the middle of the lowercase letters. Bottom—Characters align to the lowest letter. Baseline—Characters align to the lowest letter on the baseline.
Offset X	The X offset measured in points.
Offset Y	The Y offset measured in points.
Split offset	The gap between the callout border and any part of the text part intersecting the border. If this is set wider than the callout width, none of the associated callout line will draw.

Bottom

Property name	Description
Contain element within callout box	Whether the text part will be contained within the main callout. If checked, the main callout will expand to encompass this text part, and a line will be drawn separating the part from the rest of the callout. This line will have the same symbol as the callout outline and will only draw if the text part is above or below the top and bottom margins of the middle text.
Horizontal alignment	The alignment type used to horizontally align the text to its geometry. This affects which side of a point geometry the point text is drawn or which end of a line it is drawn near. Text of labels placed to the left of a feature are right aligned, and text of labels placed to the right of a feature are left aligned. It is commonly used to define how stacked text appears. Left—Characters align to the left of the line. Center—Characters align to the center of the line. Right—Characters align to the right of the line. Full—Characters are aligned to the left and right and spaces fill in the line. This creates a straight edge on both sides of multiline text.
Vertical alignment	The alignment type used to vertically align the text to its geometry. Top—Characters align to the tallest letter. Center—Characters align to the middle of the lowercase letters. Bottom—Characters align to the lowest letter. Baseline—Characters align to the lowest letter on the baseline.
Offset X	The X offset measured in points.
Offset Y	The Y offset measured in points.
Split offset	The gap between the callout border and any part of the text part intersecting the border. If this is set wider than the callout width, none of the associated callout line will draw.

Bottom Right

Property name	Description
Contain element within callout box	Whether the text part will be contained within the main callout. If checked, the main callout will expand to encompass this text part, and a line will be drawn separating the part from the rest of the callout. This line will have the same symbol as the callout outline and will only draw if the text part is above or below the top and bottom margins of the middle text.
Horizontal alignment	The alignment type used to horizontally align the text to its geometry. This affects which side of a point geometry the point text is drawn or which end of a line it is drawn near. Text of labels placed to the left of a feature are right aligned, and text of labels placed to the right of a feature are left aligned. It is commonly used to define how stacked text appears. Left—Characters align to the left of the line. Center—Characters align to the center of the line. Right—Characters align to the right of the line. Full—Characters are aligned to the left and right and spaces fill in the line. This creates a straight edge on both sides of multiline text.
Vertical alignment	The alignment type used to vertically align the text to its geometry. Top—Characters align to the tallest letter. Center—Characters align to the middle of the lowercase letters. Bottom—Characters align to the lowest letter. Baseline—Characters align to the lowest letter on the baseline.
Offset X	The X offset measured in points.
Offset Y	The Y offset measured in points.
Split offset	The gap between the callout border and any part of the text part intersecting the border. If this is set wider than the callout width, none of the associated callout line will draw.

Floating

Property name	Description
Horizontal alignment	The alignment type used to horizontally align the text to its geometry. This affects which side of a point geometry the point text is drawn or which end of a line it is drawn near. Text of labels placed to the left of a feature are right aligned, and text of labels placed to the right of a feature are left aligned. It is commonly used to define how stacked text appears. Left—Characters align to the left of the line. Center—Characters align to the center of the line. Right—Characters align to the right of the line. Full—Characters are aligned to the left and right and spaces fill in the line. This creates a straight edge on both sides of multiline text.
Vertical alignment	The alignment type used to vertically align the text to its geometry. Top—Characters align to the tallest letter. Center—Characters align to the middle of the lowercase letters. Bottom—Characters align to the lowest letter. Baseline—Characters align to the lowest letter on the baseline.
Offset X	The X offset measured in points.
Offset Y	The Y offset measured in points.
Split offset	The gap between the callout border and any part of the text part intersecting the border. If this is set wider than the callout width, none of the associated callout line will draw.

Output

Property name	Description
Overprint	Whether the symbol should overprint in press printing.

Formatting tab

Click the Formatting tab to access the Formatting, Paragraph, Internationalization, and 3D property groups.

Formatting

Property name	Description
Word spacing	The additional spacing added between the words of the text string; 100 percent indicates that regular spacing is used.
Letter spacing	The additional spacing added to each glyph beyond what is defined by its character box in the font. Value indicates the percentage of a glyph's width. This is also known as tracking.
Letter width	The width that is added to each glyph beyond what is defined by its character box in the font. This is a percentage of the original glyph.
Line spacing	The spacing between lines of text. This is also known as leading. You can specify the type of line spacing applied: Additional—Adds the specified value to the line spacing that accommodates the largest font in the line. Multiple—Sets the line spacing based on a multiple of the line. Exactly—Sets a fixed line spacing.
Flip angle	The angle, in degrees from vertical, at which point rotated text is flipped (mirrored) in place.
Ligatures	Whether text is to be drawn with ligatures, which occur when two or more letters or portions of letters are joined to form a single glyph.
Kerning	Whether the text is drawn with metric kerning, which adjusts the spacing between individual letter forms.
Draw glyphs as geometry	Whether fonts that are drawn as rasters at some scales are drawn as vectors instead.
Extrapolate baselines	Whether the baseline of the text geometry should be expanded in the same manner as the existing geometry if the text extends beyond the baseline.
Glyph hinting	If hinting from the font is used for text rendering. Hinting is information included with most fonts to effectively fit the vector glyphs of the font into the raster grid onto which they are displayed. None—No glyph hinting. Default—Default glyph hinting according to the font's settings. Force—Force glyph hinting.
Compatibility mode	Whether to draw the text in a fashion compatible with ArcMap.

Paragraph

Paragraph properties apply to single and multiline text.

Property name	Description
Soft hyphens	Whether soft hyphens should be drawn. Soft hyphens are invisible markers that indicate where a hyphenated break is allowed in the text. They are only drawn if there is word wrapping at the end of a line, such as in paragraph text.
Indent first line	The distance, measured in points, to indent the text from the beginning of the baseline for the first line only.
Indent before	The distance, measured in points, to indent the text from the beginning of the baseline.
Indent after	The distance, measured in points, to indent the text from the end of the baseline.

Internationalization

Property name	Description
Text direction	The base text direction to draw the text. Left to right—Text is drawn from left to right. Right to left—Text is drawn from right to left.
Glyph orientation	The orientation for the nonvertical text in a vertical layout. For example, an English fragment in Japanese text. Right—Align right. Upright—Align upright.
Block progression	The direction in which multiline text is stacked. Top to bottom Right to left—vertical text Bottom to top
Region and language	The ISO code for the base language of the text.
Font encoding	The font encoding. MSSymbol—Symbol encoding Unicode

3D

Available only in 3D view

Property name	Description
Billboard mode (3D only)	The billboard mode of the text symbol. It is applied in 3D. None—Not billboarded. Sign post—The symbol always faces toward the viewer as though spinning on a vertical signpost. Viewed from above, the symbol does not face you; you see the top of the symbol. Face near plane—The symbol always faces the viewer directly, regardless of view angle.
Rotation order 3D (3D only)	The rotation order 3D. It is applied in 3D. XYZ—Rotate in XYZ order ZYX—Rotate in ZYX order YXZ—Rotate in YXZ order
Dominant size axis (3D only)	The dominant size axis. It is applied in 3D. Z—Dominant on the Z axis X—Dominant on the X axis Y—Dominant on the Y axis
Scale Y (3D only)	The scale Y measured in points. It is applied in 3D. Note: Scale Y is not applied in labeling.
Scale Z (3D only)	The scale Z measured in points. It is applied in 3D. Note: Scale Z is not applied in labeling.