Applying inks to objects
You can apply inks to two areas of vector objects and text: Fill inks
cover the interior of objects and text characters. Pen inks cover the
outline stroke of objects and text characters. You can apply one fill
ink and one pen ink to an object and to a text character.
You can apply different types of inks to an object a gradient fill
ink and a texture pen ink, for example. If an object has neither a pen
ink nor a fill ink, the object is not visible.
In addition, you can apply inks to the backgrounds and outlines of
text objects.
Remember that you dont apply inks to paint objects. Instead, you
use painting tools to paint in a paint object and give it color.
Applying fill inks to open and closed paths
Whether a vector object path is open or closed affects the appearance
of its fill ink. In a closed path, the ink completely fills the objects
interior; in an open path, the ink fills inside the path as if the path
were closed by a straight segment between its endpoints.
Default and current inks
By default, Canvas applies white fill ink, black pen ink, and a 1-point
pen stroke to new vector objects. For new text, Canvas applies black
fill ink, no pen ink, and no stroke to the text characters.
The current inks are the inks that Canvas applies to new vector
objects you draw. The squares in the pen ink and fill ink icons in the
toolbox display the current inks. When you apply inks to existing
objects, the current inks do not change.
This object has a pen ink and a fill
ink; both are basic color inks.
Pen ink
Fill ink
The triangle has a pen ink but no
fill ink, so the circle in back is
visible through it.
This path has a pen ink and no fill
ink.
The path above has a pen ink and
a fill ink.
Current pen ink
Current fill ink