To apply a background ink
1
Select a text object or text characters.
2
Select an ink from the Background ink palette on the Text
Ruler. Canvas applies the selected ink.
If a text selection spans more than one line of text, the background
ink appears separately on each line of text.
To apply a frame stroke
1
Select a text object or text characters.
2
Select a stroke from the Frame stroke palette on the Text Ruler.
Canvas applies the selected stroke.
If a text selection spans more than one line of text, the stroke outlines
the selection separately on each line of text.
To apply a frame ink
1
Select a text object or text characters.
2
Select an ink from the Frame ink palette on the Text Ruler.
Canvas applies the selected ink.
If a text selection spans more than one line of text, the ink appears on
boxes around the selected characters on each line of text.
Applying character formatting
Canvas gives you precise control over the appearance of each charac-
ter. You can set the font, type size, font style, kerning, capitalization
style, scale, and baseline position using menu commands or the Char-
acter tab in the Type palette.
Character attributes are applied by selecting the specific characters
that you want to modify. You can select any portion of text from
one character to entire text objects. For selection techniques, see
Selecting text and objects on page 28.529.
Frame ink and stroke
Tip
To apply a frame stroke, you
can also press Option (Mac)
or Ctrl (Windows) and then
select a stroke from the
Strokes palette in the Tool-
box.
Tip
To apply a frame ink, you can
also press Option (Mac) or
Ctrl (Windows) and then
select an ink from the Pen Ink
palette in the Toolbox.