# Leader Text have own Text Properties

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/leader-text-have-own-text-properties/19968>\
**Category:** Rhino for Mac\
**Created:** [May 12, 2015, 4:24am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/leader-text-have-own-text-properties/19968 "2015-05-12T04:24:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![dwalden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/dwalden/32/44108_2.png) [@dwalden](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/dwalden)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 4:24am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/leader-text-have-own-text-properties/19968/1 "2015-05-12T04:24:01Z")

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Any chance Leader objects can get their own Text Properties, or at least Text overrides if you want to customize the size of fonts or arrows? Text objects have their own properties - would be very cool if leaders did as well.

thanks!  
-d

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**Author:** ![Helvetosaur](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/helvetosaur/32/635974_2.png) [@Helvetosaur](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Helvetosaur)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 7:38am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/leader-text-have-own-text-properties/19968/2 "2015-05-12T07:38:18Z")

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Leaders are dimension objects. In Windows at least you can customize them either by creating a new dimension style and applying it to the leader, or by overriding its properties, including text font, height arrow size, etc…

Edit: OK, looks like property overrides have not yet made it into Mac Rhino for dimension objects, so the only thing you can do for now is create a new dimension style and apply it to your leaders.

–Mitch

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**Author:** ![dwalden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/dwalden/32/44108_2.png) [@dwalden](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/dwalden)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/leader-text-have-own-text-properties/19968/3 "2015-05-12T09:03:16Z")

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Cool thanks - I wasn’t even thinking about different dimension styles. This will definitely help!

cheers-  
david

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**Author:** ![Helvetosaur](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/helvetosaur/32/635974_2.png) [@Helvetosaur](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Helvetosaur)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 9:06am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/leader-text-have-own-text-properties/19968/4 "2015-05-12T09:06:11Z")

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I filed this as a “bug” anyway…

[http://mcneel.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/MR-2001](http://mcneel.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/MR-2001)

–Mitch

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**Author:** ![Helvetosaur](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/helvetosaur/32/635974_2.png) [@Helvetosaur](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Helvetosaur)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/leader-text-have-own-text-properties/19968/5 "2015-05-12T12:32:52Z")

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Just to make you jealous, this is what’s missing on the Mac side… I’m sure it will make it in there one of these days. --Mitch

![](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/uploads/default/19893/ef5352a5f5e511dd.png)

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**Author:** ![dwalden](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/dwalden/32/44108_2.png) [@dwalden](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/dwalden)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/leader-text-have-own-text-properties/19968/6 "2015-05-12T16:31:35Z")

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O.M.G. That’s pretty cool. 😅

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**Author:** ![dan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/dan/32/481637_2.png) [@dan](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/leader-text-have-own-text-properties/19968/7 "2016-08-16T22:10:09Z")

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FYI: This should be fixed in [the latest RhinoWIP](http://www.rhino3d.com/go/download/rhino-for-mac/wip/latest). Better late than never, I guess.

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**Author:** ![dan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/dan/32/481637_2.png) [@dan](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/leader-text-have-own-text-properties/19968/8 "2018-10-16T22:41:57Z")

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Please test out [the latest RhinoWIP](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/rhino-6-for-mac-wip-build-6-11-18289-12026/73284) over in [Serengeti:Mac](https://discourse.mcneel.com/c/serengeti/mac)…you should now be able to have text overrides.