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Changing the type style
You can set the following text attributes for any text selection:
- Font - the Typeface i.e. Trinity, Homerton.
- Weight - the thickness of the letter strokes. i.e. light, medium,
bold. Where this is unspecified in the font, EasiWriter will display (normal).
- Style - the look of the font i.e. Italic, Oblique. Where this is
unspecified EasiWriter displays (plain), normally Roman, the upright form of
the font.
- Point size - the size of the typeface measured in 1/72".
- Underline and Strikeout (a horizontal line through the centre
of the text - useful to indicate where changes should be made to a document).
- Colour - the foreground colour used for the font.
- Language - the language that will be used by the spelling and
hyphenation routines.
To change the type style

The Type style... command leads to a dialogue box where you can change
the font, font size (height and width independently), add strike-out and
underline and view the effect of the changes.
- 1 Choose the part of the document you want to change using the Select
menu, or
1 Select the individual words or characters you want to change.
2 Click on the Font button or choose Type style... from the Text
menu.
The Type style dialogue box will appear where you can make the following
changes:

Font
Three pop-up menus allow you to change the Typeface, Weight and
Style:
Where a choice exists an arrow appears to the left of the item.
To use a pop-up menu:
- Click on the item you want to change. A list of the available choices will
appear; the current selection will be ticked.
- Click on the required choice. The menu will disappear and the new choice
will be displayed.
Point size
- Click on one of the point size buttons 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 24, 28, 36, 48 or
72 to set the point size, or
Height
- Edit the value in the Height writable icon or click on the scroll
arrows.
Aspect
- Edit the Aspect from 10% to 999% to decrease or increase the width
of the typeface relative to its height.
i.e. This is 50% Aspect and This is 200% Aspect
Try
Click the Try button to see the effect of the above changes.
Normal Underline Strikeout
Click on the radio icon to choose between Normal, Underline
and Strikeout. These changes will not be shown
using the Try button but will appear in the document.
Cancel
- Click Cancel to cancel the changes and return to the document.
Apply
- Click Select on Apply to confirm the changes and return to
the document.
or
- Click Adjust on Apply to confirm the changes and retain the
dialogue box. The effect of the changes will be seen in the document behind the
dialogue box.
To change the font, font size, colour, language,
case & kerning
The font and font size can also be changed from menus which may be more
convenient if you only want to change one attribute.
- 1 Choose the part of the document you want to change using the Select
menu.
or
1 Select the individual words or characters you want to change.
Font
- 2 Choose the font from the Font submenu in the Text menu.
or
Font size
- 2 Choose the font size from the Font size submenu in the Text
menu.
or
2 Type a value in the bottom of the Font size submenu.
Colour
- 3 Choose the colour required from the Colour menu.
Language
- 4 Choose the language required from the Country menu.
Case
- 5 Choose between As typed (unmodified), UPPER case (all
caps), lower case and Initial Caps from the Case menu.
[2]
Kerning
- 6 Choose Auto kern from the Text menu.
Kerning adjusts the spacing between letters for example:
RAILWAY (un-kerned) RAILWAY (kerned).
[2] These
are style attributes and do not change the actual characters if the document is
saved as Text.
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