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 its 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 doesnt 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.