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;").