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Choosing a font, type size, and style
You can choose a font, type size, and style using the Text Character inspector or options in the Text menu or the Text toolbar.
You can set text preferences to control the display of font previews and to greek type (display type as a gray bar) below a specified point size.
To choose a font, do one of the following:
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Choose Text > Font and choose a font from the submenu. |
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Choose Window > Inspectors > Text and click the Character button. In the Text Character inspector, click the scroll button next to the Font text box and choose a font from the menu, or enter a font name in the text box.
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In the Text toolbar, click the scroll button next to the Font text box and choose a font from the menu, or enter a font name in the text box. |
To specify a point size, do one of the following:
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Choose Text > Size and choose a point size from the submenu. To specify a point size that does not appear in the menu, choose Other and enter a value in the Type Size dialog box, then click OK. To change the point size by 1-point increments, choose Smaller or Larger from the submenu. |
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In the Text toolbar or Text Character inspector, choose a point size from the Type Size pop-up menu, or enter a value in the Type Size text box and press Enter (Windows) or Return (Macintosh). |
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In Windows, right-click a text block, choose Size, and choose an option from the submenu. |
To specify a type style, do one of the following:
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Choose Text > Style and choose a style from the submenu. |
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In the Text toolbar or Text Character inspector, choose a style from the Type Style pop-up menu. |
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In Windows, right-click a text block. Choose Style, and choose an option from the submenu. |
To control the display of font previews:
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Choose Edit > Preferences. Click Text. |
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To display font previews, select Display Font Preview (the default). To turn off font preview display, deselect the option. |
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Click OK. |
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To preview a font, do one of the following:
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In the Text Character inspector, click the scroll button next to the Font text box, and roll over a font name in the menu to preview it. |
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In Windows, click the scroll button next to the Font window in the Text toolbar, and roll over a font name in the menu to preview it. |
To display text as a gray bar:
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Choose Edit > Preferences. Click Redraw. |
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Select Greek Type Below, and enter the point size below which you want text to appear as a gray bar onscreen. By default, type set at 8 points or smaller is greeked. Deselect the option to always display text as characters. |
Greeked text redraws more quickly than characters, so using it can improve display speed as you edit. |
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Click OK. |
Note: Selected text displays as characters regardless of the Greek Type Below setting. |
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