Text frame ink An ink applied to the stroke on the bounding box of
a text object, or a box around a text selection. To apply a frame ink,
you can use the Frame ink palette on the Text Ruler, or the Pen ink
icon in the Toolbox.
Text background ink An ink applied to the background of a text
object or a text selection. To apply a background ink, you can use the
Background ink palette on the Text Ruler, or the Fill ink icon in the
Toolbox.
Text frame stroke A stroke applied to the bounding box of a text
object, or a box around a text selection. The text frame ink appears on
the text frame stroke. To apply a frame stroke, you can use the Frame
stroke palette on the Text Ruler, or the Strokes icon in the Toolbox.
Current attributes
By using the icons in the Toolbox, you can set the pen ink, fill ink
and stroke current attributes for text. You cant, however, set frame
inks, background inks, and frame strokes to be current attributes; in
other words, you cant set a frame ink, background ink, or frame
stroke that will be applied when you create new text objects.
In addition, when you convert text to paths, Canvas keeps the pen
ink, fill ink and stroke, but any background inks, frame inks, or frame
strokes are removed.
To apply a fill ink
1
Select a text object, text characters, or place the insertion point
in existing text.
2
Select an ink from the Fill Ink palette on the Text Ruler. Or,
select an ink from the Fill Ink palette in the Toolbox. Canvas
applies the selected ink.
To apply a pen ink
1
Select a text object, text characters, or place the insertion point
in existing text.
2
Select a pen ink from the Pen Ink palette in the Toolbox. Can-
vas applies the selected ink.
To apply a stroke
1
Select a text object or text characters.
2
Select a stroke from the Strokes palette in the Toolbox. Canvas
applies the selected stroke.
Fill ink
Background ink
Tip
To apply a background ink,
you can also press Option
(Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) and
then select an ink from the
Fill Ink palette in the Toolbox.