Text descriptors appear in every Variable, and also in other places (cell instances and exports). All text descriptors have an anchor factor ("D0" through "D9"). If the anchor starts with a lower-case "d", the text is hidden (but the descriptor information is remembered). Here are the fields of a text descriptor:
| A <size> ; | Text is absolute size (in points). | 
| B | Text is bold. | 
| C <color> ; | Text is drawn in the color index given. | 
| D0 / d0 | Text is anchored at its center, limited to the size of its owner. | 
| D1 / d1 | Text is anchored at its upper-right. | 
| D2 / d2 | Text is anchored at its top. | 
| D3 / d3 | Text is anchored at its upper-left. | 
| D4 / d4 | Text is anchored at its right. | 
| D5 / d5 | Text is anchored at its center. | 
| D6 / d6 | Text is anchored at its left. | 
| D7 / d7 | Text is anchored at its lower-right. | 
| D8 / d8 | Text is anchored at its bottom. | 
| D9 / d9 | Text is anchored at its lower-left. | 
| F <font> ; | Text is shown in the named font. | 
| G <size> ; | Text has relative size (in grid units). | 
| H | Variable is inheritable (only for variables on Cells or Exports). | 
| I | Text is italic. | 
| L | Text is underlined. | 
| N | Variable is written in the form "NAME=VALUE". | 
| OJ | Text is Java code. | 
| OL | Text is Spice code. | 
| OT | Text is TCL code. | 
| P | Variable is a parameter. | 
| R | Text is rotated 90 degrees. | 
| RR | Text is rotated 180 degrees. | 
| RRR | Text is rotated 270 degrees. | 
| T | Text is interior (seen only when inside the cell). | 
| UR | Value is in Resistance units. | 
| UC | Value is in Capacitance units. | 
| UI | Value is in Inductance units. | 
| UA | Value is in Current units. | 
| UV | Value is in Voltage units. | 
| UD | Value is in Distance units. | 
| UT | Value is in Time units. | 
| X <xoff> ; | Text is offset in X from object center. | 
| Y <yoff> ; | Text is offset in Y from object center. | 
Example:
    D4G8;
The text is anchored on the left ("D4") and is 8 units tall ("G8;").