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Character panel overview, Font Style

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ENCORE CS3 79 User Guide Character panel overview Encore gives you advanced typographic control over your text. Using the Character panel, you can kern, track, shift the baseline, and scale text. You can set type attributes before you enter characters, or you can restyle and reformat existing text. The Character panel also provides various formatting options for Asian text. Most of the options in the panel let you either type a value or select from a menu of preset values. (To apply formatting options, see "Format text" on page 85.) E A B C F D Character panel with Asian text options displayed A. Fonts and font attributes B. Font Style buttons C. Alignment options D. Asian Text options E. Character panel menu F. Text Anti-alias Mode options Fonts and font attributes The Character panel gives you precise control over individual characters including font, size, color, leading, kerning, tracking, and baseline shift. You can also stretch or shrink the type using horizontal or vertical scaling and apply color. (To apply font attributes, see "Format text" on page 85.) A B C G D H E I F J Fonts and font attributes in the Character panel A. Font B. Font Style C. Font Size D. Kerning E. Vertical Scale F. Baseline Shift G. Leading H. Tracking I. Horizontal Scale J. Color Font Specifies the font for the text. Font Style Determines the font style, such as Medium, Oblique, Bold, or Bold Oblique. (The options depend upon the selected font.) Sets the point size of the font. Kerns the letters on either side of the insertion point. Kerning sets the space between specific letter pairs. To give the appearance of more even spacing, some letter pairs look better if pushed closer together, such as "VA" or "Te." A

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ENCORE CS3
User Guide
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Character panel overview
Encore gives you advanced typographic control over your text. Using the Character panel, you can kern, track, shift
the baseline, and scale text. You can set type attributes before you enter characters, or you can restyle and reformat
existing text. The Character panel also provides various formatting options for Asian text. Most of the options in the
panel let you either type a value or select from a menu of preset values. (To apply formatting options, see “Format
text” on page 85.)
Character panel with Asian text options displayed
A.
Fonts and font attributes
B.
Font Style buttons
C.
Alignment options
D.
Asian Text options
E.
Character panel menu
F.
Text Anti-alias
Mode options
Fonts and font attributes
The Character panel gives you precise control over individual characters including font, size, color, leading, kerning,
tracking, and baseline shift. You can also stretch or shrink the type using horizontal or vertical scaling and apply
color. (To apply font attributes, see “Format text” on page 85.)
Fonts and font attributes in the Character panel
A.
Font
B.
Font Style
C.
Font Size
D.
Kerning
E.
Vertical Scale
F.
Baseline Shift
G.
Leading
H.
Tracking
I.
Horizontal Scale
J.
Color
Font
Specifies the font for the text.
Font Style
Determines the font style, such as Medium, Oblique, Bold, or Bold Oblique. (The options depend upon
the selected font.)
Sets the point size of the font.
Kerns the letters on either side of the insertion point. Kerning sets the space between specific letter pairs. To give
the appearance of more even spacing, some letter pairs look better if pushed closer together, such as “VA” or “Te.” A
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