Some inks can make strokes invisible. If the pen ink is set to no
ink, the stroke wont be visible. Also, if the pen ink is set to white or
a color that matches the background, the stroke could disappear
against the background.
Applying strokes
The Strokes palette is the control center for all aspects of strokes.
You can use the Strokes palette to apply strokes to objects, create
custom strokes, add strokes to the palette, and save strokes in files
that you can later load into the palette.
Preset strokes and controls for customizing strokes are on the Pen,
Parallel, and Neon tabs in the Strokes palette. Presets and controls for
customizing arrows and dashes are on the Arrow and Dash tabs.
Current stroke
The strokes icon in the Toolbox shows a sample of the current stroke,
the stroke that Canvas applies to new vector objects you create. For
example, if the current pen stroke is 3 points wide, new objects you
draw will have a 3-point pen stroke. Canvas does not apply the cur-
rent stroke to text; see Applying strokes to text, next.
To change the current stroke, deselect all objects and apply the stroke
you want; the stroke icon in the Toolbox shows the new current
stroke. If you select an object and change its stroke, however, the cur-
rent stroke for new objects does not change.
When you first install Canvas, the current stroke defaults to a 1-point
pen stroke without dashes or arrowheads.
Applying strokes to text
You can apply strokes to text the same as to vector objects, in most
cases. For information about selecting text objects and text charac-
ters, refer to the Text and Typography chapters.
When you first type or import text into a document, Canvas applies a
1-point pen stroke to the text, but does not assign a pen ink, so the
text is not visible.
To make text strokes visible: Select the text or text objects and
apply a visible pen ink using the Inks palette. If you select a text
object, Canvas applies a stroke to all the text it contains. If you select
specific characters within a text object, Canvas applies the stroke to
those characters only.
Strokes icon