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.
Fill in the dialog
box:
•
Character
Weight
(%).
Select
the weight
of the characters.
Select
any weight
from 75 to 125.
•
Character
Width
(%).
Select
the width
of the characters.
Select
any
width
from
25 to 200.
•
Character
Spacing.
Select the spacing between characters. Select
any spacing from -150 to 500.
4.
Click on Apply.
5. Click on Close.
Changing fonts
Fonts
are different
typefaces
that define
how each character
appears
on
screen
and when
printed.
Each character
has a unique
design
that varies from
font to font.
Word
Processing
contains
sereral
different
fonts. The URW Mono
font is most
like a typewriter
font. It is mootospaced:
every character
uses the same
amount
of space.
The other
fonts are proportionally
spaced.,
the space
taken
by a character
is relative
to the character's
width.
For example,
the letter
i uses less space
than
w.
l_ To change
the font:
To see a sample of the
font, select Fonts from the
Charactermenu; then
select Font Viewer.
You can also select
fontsfrom the Fonts
submenuin the
Character menu.
1. Select
the text to change.
2. Click-on
theFon_
iC_YrYon _e
Basic Functions
tool bar. A drop-douPa
menu
of fonts
appears.
3. Select
the font. The selected
text appears
in the font you selected.
Changing
text sizes
If you use a large font
3ize, above 72points,
you may need to
increase the line
spacing. Select Line
Spacing from the
Paragraph menu.
Text
size
determines
how tall and wide
a character
is and is usually
measured
in points,
a measurement
used
in the printing
industry.
A point
is
approximately
1/72 of an inch. Therefore,
72 point
text is one inch tall. Most
books
and magazines
are written
with
10 or 12 point
text.
You can select from standard point sizes (9 through 72 points) or create a
custom text size.
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