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DWG text in dashed or dotted linetype.

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:

Explode the text to lines - see the Tip 1901 and assign the requested linetype to them
Use a special font for the texts - e.g. the fonts DASH.SHX, DOT.SHX or DOTFONT.SHX
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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See also:
Tip 15102:	DBXscan/DBXrem batch utilities for AutoCAD
Tip 15017:	AutoCAD Drawing Cleanup Utility - a standalone tool to purge your DWG files.
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.

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