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This tab view may be used to apply special styling effects to text. Most of the parameters on this view are not available in Jaguar (OS X version 10.2). These will be disabled for Jaguar users. Most of these parameters are available on the Text Menu or the System Font Palette . The details shown will apply to a selected range of editing text. If a text graphic is simply selected but not in the editing mode, the inspecting details and changes will apply to all the text of the text graphic.
![]() There are actually two types of drop shadows available for use with text. The one controlled here can be thought of as a bit map drop shadow. The other, a vector shadow, is accessed from the Shadow Palette found on the Tools main menu. The bit map shadow provides better softening characteristics and is drawn much faster. The vector drop shadow offers affine transform effects and will scale in accordance with the zoom of an on screen view. The bit map shadow does not scale as you zoom in or out on screen, that is why it is more efficiently drawn (faster), and does not support the skew and stretch effects of the affine transform. To view the bit map text drop shadow as it will be printed you need to set the views Zoom to 100 percent. The bit map drop shadow is not available for other graphics, only text. |