Change Text Block Annotation Style

Scripting
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How would one change the annotation style for all the selected text blocks in a file?

Have found an example of how to do it with dimensions but it does not work with text blocks.

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Hi Miano,

I did this in a C# comp, but you can easily turn it in to a RhinoCommand. The provided method is a skin and bones and you can easily extend it and add more functionality. Since you didint specify the language, I wrote it in my all time favorite C#

 /// <summary>
  /// Changes the annotation style of all texts in the current Rhino Doc
  /// This method can be easily modified to change evry text object with a a specifc style
  ///given a List of properties as arguments to the method
  /// </summary>
  /// <param name="doc"></param>
  /// <param name="fontName"></param>
  /// <param name="fontWeight"></param>
  /// <param name="fontStyle"></param>
  /// <param name="textHeight"></param>
  /// <returns></returns>
  public void ChangeAnnotationStyle(string fontName, int fontWeight, int fontStyle, double textHeight)
  {

    Rhino.DocObjects.Font.FontWeight _fontWeight = Rhino.DocObjects.Font.FontWeight.Unset;
    Rhino.DocObjects.Font.FontStyle _fontStyle = Rhino.DocObjects.Font.FontStyle.Unset;

    switch (fontWeight)
    {
      case 0: _fontWeight = Rhino.DocObjects.Font.FontWeight.Unset; break;
      case 1: _fontWeight = Rhino.DocObjects.Font.FontWeight.Thin; break;
      case 2: _fontWeight = Rhino.DocObjects.Font.FontWeight.Ultralight; break;
      case 3: _fontWeight = Rhino.DocObjects.Font.FontWeight.Light; break;
      case 4: _fontWeight = Rhino.DocObjects.Font.FontWeight.Normal; break;
      case 5: _fontWeight = Rhino.DocObjects.Font.FontWeight.Medium; break;
      case 6: _fontWeight = Rhino.DocObjects.Font.FontWeight.Semibold; break;
      case 7: _fontWeight = Rhino.DocObjects.Font.FontWeight.Bold; break;
    }

    switch (fontStyle)
    {
      case 0: _fontStyle = Rhino.DocObjects.Font.FontStyle.Unset; break;
      case 1: _fontStyle = Rhino.DocObjects.Font.FontStyle.Upright; break;
      case 2: _fontStyle = Rhino.DocObjects.Font.FontStyle.Italic; break;
      case 3: _fontStyle = Rhino.DocObjects.Font.FontStyle.Oblique; break;
    }


    foreach (var rhinoObject in doc.Objects.GetObjectList(Rhino.DocObjects.ObjectType.Annotation))
    {

      Rhino.DocObjects.AnnotationObjectBase annotationObject = rhinoObject as Rhino.DocObjects.AnnotationObjectBase;
      if (annotationObject == null) continue;

      Rhino.Geometry.AnnotationBase annotation = annotationObject.Geometry as Rhino.Geometry.AnnotationBase;
      if (annotation == null) continue;

      annotation.Font = new Rhino.DocObjects.Font(fontName, _fontWeight,
        _fontStyle, false, false);

      annotation.TextHeight = textHeight;

      annotationObject.CommitChanges();

    }
  }
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Thanks, I am doing Python on a mac but can convert.