Text inks and strokes
In Canvas, there are six attributes you can apply to text: fill inks, pen
inks, strokes, frame inks, background inks, and frame strokes.
To apply these attributes, you can use the Fill inks icon, the Pen inks
icon and the Strokes icon in the Toolbox. Or, you can use the Text
Ruler, which includes palettes that let you apply fill inks, frame inks,
background inks and frame strokes. These palettes appear in both
modes of the Text Ruler.
Note: If your monitor resolution is 640x480, you can see the palettes
on the Text Ruler only in Styles mode.
Applying inks and strokes
You can apply the following attributes to one or more text objects,
and to text selections.
Fill ink An ink applied to the inside, as opposed to the outline, of the
characters in a text object or a text selection. To apply a fill ink, you
can use the Fill ink palette on the Text Ruler, or the Fill ink icon in
the Toolbox.
Pen ink An ink applied to the stroke of text characters. To apply a
pen ink, you use the Pen ink icon in the Toolbox.
Stroke The outline of text characters. To apply a stroke, you use the
Strokes icon in the Toolbox.
Using the Type palette
When you adjust settings in
the Type palette, the new set-
tings dont take effect until you
click Apply. Be sure that you
dont click outside the palette
before applying the settings,
or they will be lost.
To open the Type palette,
choose Type in the Text menu.
The Type palette contains six
tabs: Character, Hyphens,
Indents, Paragraph, Spacing,
and Styles.
A Click a tab to bring it to the
front. The paragraph symbol
(¶) on some tabs indicates that
these are paragraph-level op-
tions.
B Configure the settings you
want and click Apply to imple-
ment them.
A
B
A
B
C
D
Inks and Strokes palettes
on the Text Ruler
A Fill ink
B Background Ink
C Frame ink
D Frame stroke