Text inks and strokes In Canvas, there are six attributes you can apply to text: fill inks, pen inks, strokes, frame inks, background inks, and frame strokes. To apply these attributes, you can use the Fill inks icon, the Pen inks icon and the Strokes icon in the Toolbox. Or, you can use the Text Ruler, which includes palettes that let you apply fill inks, frame inks, background inks and frame strokes. These palettes appear in both modes of the Text Ruler. Note: If your monitor resolution is 640x480, you can see the palettes on the Text Ruler only in Styles mode. Applying inks and strokes You can apply the following attributes to one or more text objects, and to text selections. Fill ink    An ink applied to the inside, as opposed to the outline, of the characters in a text object or a text selection. To apply a fill ink, you can use the Fill ink palette on the Text Ruler, or the Fill ink icon in the Toolbox. Pen ink    An ink applied to the stroke of text characters. To apply a pen ink, you use the Pen ink icon in the Toolbox. Stroke    The outline of text characters. To apply a stroke, you use the Strokes icon in the Toolbox. Using the Type palette When you adjust settings in the Type palette, the new set- tings don’t take effect until you click Apply. Be sure that you don’t click outside the palette before applying the settings, or they will be lost. To open the Type palette, choose Type in the Text menu. The Type palette contains six tabs: Character, Hyphens, Indents, Paragraph, Spacing, and Styles. A    Click a tab to bring it to the front. The paragraph symbol () on some tabs indicates that these are paragraph-level op- tions. B    Configure the settings you want and click Apply to imple- ment them. A B A B C D Inks and Strokes palettes on the Text Ruler A    Fill ink B    Background Ink C    Frame ink D    Frame stroke
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