TITL (Draw a title block)

The TITL command plots a title block. The title block is a rectangular block that is divided horizontally into 4 optional areas in which text can be written. The text areas are referred to as, from top to bottom, A,B,C,and D.

Each line of text is defined in a separate sub-command line. The width of the block can be specified by the user and the height is dependent upon the text heights and number of text lines that are included.

Command Syntax:

TITL refp,xoff,yoff,width,bigatt,smlatt,area,"text"

just,att,height,width,space,slant,font

Command Parameters:

refp	Reference point (1 - 9) from which to refer the following offsets. (Default is reference point 1.)
xoff,yoff	Offset location in map units at which to place the title block relative to the reference point. The default is to place the appropriate title block corner at the specified reference point.
width	Title block width in map units. The default is 12 cm.
bigatt	Larger attribute to use for title block surround and titles in area B. The default is :kt300
smlatt	Finer attribute to use for line separator between areas B and C, and all text other than titles. The default is :kt150.

Sub-Command Lines:

Text lines must be entered consecutively from top to bottom. White space can be controlled by entering blank lines of appropriate text height.

area	Text area (A,B,C or D) in which to place text. (No Default)
"text"	Text to plot surrounded by quotes.
just	specifies text position in text window:
	-1	left justified
	0	centered (Default)
	1	right justified
	Base line justification is not supported in the title block.
att	Attribute to use for text. The defaults are smlatt for areas A,C and D, and bigatt for area B.
height	Text height. Space actually occupied by text is 1.1 times as large as height. (Default heights are 0.6 cm. for areas A,B and D, and 0.4 cm. for area C.)
width	Text character width. The character width will be reduced if the text string is too long to fit. The default is the character height.
space	Spacing of characters in cm. (Default is the character width.)
slant	Slant of the characters in degrees from vertical. The default is the last slant specified.
font	Text font (default is current font). Refer to the FONT command for descriptions of the available fonts.

Example

MDFF m1

SURR

TITL 3,0,0

a,"Client Name"

b,"Map Title"

b,"Sub-Title"

c,"descriptive text"

c,"more descriptive text"

d,"Company Name"

Draws a title block in the bottom right corner of the map.

This command is part of the MAPPLOT GX.