Attributes of new text When you type text, Canvas applies the current attributes and the cur- rent type format settings to the characters you type. Type formatting Canvas applies the current settings for the font, style, type size, justification (alignment), leading, and kerning to the characters you type. These settings are selected in the submenus in the Text menu or with the controls in the Type palette. For more information on formatting, see “Applying text formats” on page 28.532. Inks Canvas applies the current fill ink, if it’s a solid color fill ink, to the text characters. If the current fill ink is a gradient, hatch, sym- bol, or texture, Canvas applies 100% black to the text characters. The pen ink for text you type is always 100% black, and is not visible until you apply a pen stroke to the text. Strokes Canvas applies no stroke to text characters you type. This means that no outline appears on the characters, and the pen ink applied to the text is not visible because the pen ink appears only when an object or text has a visible stroke. Creating text layouts The Text Object tool lets you place empty text objects, or columns, in page layouts. Empty text columns created with the Text Object tool keep their width and length, unlike text objects made with the Text tool, which shrink and expand to fit the amount of text you type. The Text Object tool is especially useful for designing templates and mas- ter pages, because you can set up text columns and add type later. If you type or paste text into a column created with the Text Object tool, and there is more text than will fit in the column, Canvas hides the overflow text and displays an overflow indicator. See “Flowing overset text into new text columns” on page 26.509 for information on flowing text from one object to another. Note: The Text Object tool doesn’t select text or place a text object in edit mode. For these operations, use the Text tool. Fill ink Pen ink A text character that has a gray fill ink and a black pen ink, with a 2-point pen stroke Text Object tool Tip When the bounding boxes of text objects are visible, you can hide them by choosing Display > Hide Text Boxes in the Lay- out menu. To show text boxes again, choose Display > Show Text Boxes in the Layout menu.
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