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Using the Character palette


    You change type attributes using the Character palette. Some of the type attributes also have separate submenus or palettes so that you do not have to open the Character or Paragraph palette to change only one attribute. In addition, some attributes can be changed using keyboard shortcuts. For a complete list of shortcuts, see the Adobe Illustrator Quick Reference Card.

    Illustration of Character palette with these callouts: A. Font B. Font Style C. Font Size D. Kerning E. Vertical Scale F. Baseline Shift G. Leading H. Tracking I. Horizontal Scale
    Character palette A. Font B. Font Style C. Font Size D. Kerning E. Vertical Scale F. Baseline Shift G. Leading H. Tracking I. Horizontal Scale

    Displaying the Character palette

    Choose Window > Type > Character.

    Changing the palette display size

    Click the up and down arrows  the up and down arrows on a palette's tab to cycle through the display sizes. Alternately, choose Show Options or Hide Options and Show Multilingual or Hide Multilingual from the palette menu to change the palette display size.

    Editing type values

    To apply a value to the selected type without moving to the next text box in the palette, press Enter or Return. To apply a value and then highlight the value just edited, press Shift+Enter or Shift+Return.To apply a value and move to the next text box in the palette, press Tab.