By default, the width of pen strokes is measured in points (one point
is 1/72 of an inch). Pen stroke widths from 1 to 20 points appear in
the Pen tabs presets list.
To change the current pen width: Deselect all objects, then
select a new stroke on the Pen tab of the Strokes palette.
To change the stroke width of specific objects: Select one or
more objects, then select a new stroke on the Pen tab.
To change the color of a pen stroke
The color of a pen stroke comes from the objects pen ink color. The
pen ink can be a complex multi-color pattern or gradient, or a solid
color.
1
Select one or more objects whose pen ink you want to change.
2
Press the Pen Ink icon in the Toolbox. The Inks palette opens
from the Toolbox; you can drag this palette away from the Toolbox
to keep it open as you work.
3
On one of the tabs in the Inks palette, choose a color, gradient,
hatch, symbol, or texture; see Inks: colors and patterns on
page 18.303.
Invisible inks
A pen ink is one or more colors that Canvas uses to apply color to
pen strokes. The pen ink can be set to no ink, or to a color that
blends into the background, which renders a pen stroke invisible.
In some situations, you might want to set an objects pen ink to no
ink, rather than remove the objects stroke. This can be useful to
temporarily hide the stroke without removing the dash, arrow, and
other stroke settings, for example.
To set an objects pen ink to no ink
This procedure removes the pen ink and makes the stroke invisible.
1
Select the object and press the Pen Ink icon to open the Inks
palette.
2
On the Color tab of the Inks palette, choose the first item, a box
crossed by a diagonal line. If colors are listed by name, select no
ink at the top of the list.
Pen ink color changed from
black to Pantone 123
No ink setting