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 don’t 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 object’s 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
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