topic Textelement Font size in mm in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/textelement-font-size-in-mm/m-p/71001#M5802 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is there a way to set the font size of a textelement in a layout directly in mm? I tried it like that:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>str = "&lt;FNT name=\"Arial\" size=\"5 mm\"&gt;Test...&lt;/FNT&gt;"</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>textelement.text = str</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>but it didn't work (the textelement wasn't drawn at all on the layout...)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I can always convert the mm in pt (1 mm = 2.85 pt) first, but it would be handy if I could do it directly...</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Vera</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:23:02 GMT VeraDiaz-Köhli 2011-11-16T10:23:02Z Textelement Font size in mm https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/textelement-font-size-in-mm/m-p/71001#M5802 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Is there a way to set the font size of a textelement in a layout directly in mm? I tried it like that:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>str = "&lt;FNT name=\"Arial\" size=\"5 mm\"&gt;Test...&lt;/FNT&gt;"</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>textelement.text = str</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>but it didn't work (the textelement wasn't drawn at all on the layout...)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I can always convert the mm in pt (1 mm = 2.85 pt) first, but it would be handy if I could do it directly...</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks in advance</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Vera</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:23:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/textelement-font-size-in-mm/m-p/71001#M5802 VeraDiaz-Köhli 2011-11-16T10:23:02Z Re: Textelement Font size in mm https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/textelement-font-size-in-mm/m-p/71002#M5803 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I found out how I can do it: </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Properties-Dialogue of the textelement in the layout-window:&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&gt; Change Symbol &gt; Edit Symbol &gt; Units: mm</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Vera</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:20:26 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/textelement-font-size-in-mm/m-p/71002#M5803 VeraDiaz-Köhli 2011-11-16T13:20:26Z