To apply a background ink 1 Select a text object or text characters. 2 Select an ink from the Background ink palette on the Text Ruler. Canvas applies the selected ink. If a text selection spans more than one line of text, the background ink appears separately on each line of text. To apply a frame stroke 1 Select a text object or text characters. 2 Select a stroke from the Frame stroke palette on the Text Ruler. Canvas applies the selected stroke. If a text selection spans more than one line of text, the stroke outlines the selection separately on each line of text. To apply a frame ink 1 Select a text object or text characters. 2 Select an ink from the Frame ink palette on the Text Ruler. Canvas applies the selected ink. If a text selection spans more than one line of text, the ink appears on boxes around the selected characters on each line of text. Applying character formatting Canvas gives you precise control over the appearance of each charac- ter. You can set the font, type size, font style, kerning, capitalization style, scale, and baseline position using menu commands or the Char- acter tab in the Type palette. Character attributes are applied by selecting the specific characters that you want to modify. You can select any portion of text — from one character to entire text objects. For selection techniques, see “Selecting text and objects” on page 28.529. Frame ink and stroke Tip To apply a frame stroke, you can also press Option (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) and then select a stroke from the Strokes palette in the Tool- box. Tip To apply a frame ink, you can also press Option (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) and then select an ink from the Pen Ink palette in the Toolbox.
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