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 can’t, however, set frame inks, background inks, and frame strokes to be “current” attributes; in other words, you can’t 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.
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