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Drawing texts in AutoCAD do not use linetypes, i.e. DWG text entities do not respect their linetype setting (neither through properties nor layers). If you need to display or print any text as dashed lines (or dashdot, dotted), you can use these methods:
  1. Explode the text to lines - see the Tip 1901 and assign the requested linetype to them
  2. Use a special font for the texts - e.g. the fonts DASH.SHX, DOT.SHX or DOTFONT.SHX
  3. Use a plot style with a dashed linetype - only for SHX fonts, not for TTF. Do not assign the linetype via properties but use a color- or name-dependent plotstyle (set its Linetype property in the CTB/STB table):

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6.6.2016    27482×  
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applies to: AutoCAD · AutoCAD LT ·

See also:
Tip 14665:Display complex linetypes on 3D curves in plain AutoCAD.
Tip 14526:How to export geometry from AutoCAD DWGs to JSON files and import it back?
Tip 14509:AutoCAD linetypes - the A/R/U orientation options in complex text-linetypes.
Tip 14446:Undocumented options in AutoCAD FIELDs - hyperlinks, hexadecimal or binary format
Tip 14386:Visual catalog of blocks defined in a DWG drawing.
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