Something like this

 <xsl:template match="text">
    <xsl:element name="font">
       <xsl:attribute name="@format">
          <xsl:value-of select="@value"/>
       </xsl:attribe>
    </xsl:element>
 </xsl:template>

I don't know if @format goes with {} or not,
have a try.

<xsl:template match="text">
   <font>
      <xsl:attribute name="{@format}">
         <xsl:value-of select="@value"/>
      </xsl:attribute>
      [ ... whatever ... ]
   </font>
</xsl:template>

Enjoy,
Wendell

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