Editing Text Properties

When you select text in the workspace, you can use the Properties pane to change the appearance of the text.

The Text page controls the appearance of the type. You can change:

the font, size, and style
its vertical or horizontal spacing, or
adjust the space between lines of text

The Style page controls the colors used to draw your text: you can adjust the fill color, stroke (outline) color, background color, or add strikethrough or underlining.

The OpenType page displays controls used to configure OpenType fonts.

Text controls

Item	Description
Font family	Click the control and choose a font from the drop-down list to choose the font used to draw the selected text.
Font size	Drag the slider to adjust the size of the selected text. The Font size slider is most useful for adjusting the relative sizes of text items within a text block. When you select a text block, you can use the Transform page to scale each text block.
Font style	Click the control and choose a setting from the drop-down list to indicate whether you want to draw normal or italic text.
Font weight	Click the control and choose a setting from the drop-down list to adjust the thickness of the selected text.
Tracking	Drag the slider to set the amount of horizontal space between text characters. Drag right to increase spacing, or drag left to decrease spacing (low settings will cause characters to overlap or to appear in reverse reading order)
Slant	Drag the slider to apply a slant to the selected text: drag right to apply a forward slant, or drag left to apply a backward slant.
Line alignment	Click the control and choose a setting from the drop-down list to indicate whether you want to align the selected text to the right side (near), center, or left side (far) of the text block.
Line margin	Drag the slider to set the amount of vertical space lines of selected text. Drag right to increase spacing, or drag left to decrease spacing (low settings will cause lines to overlap or to appear in reverse order)

Style controls

Item	Description
Style	Click the button to expand controls for adjusting fill and stroke, or click the button to hide the controls.
Fill color	Click the color swatch to display a color picker that you can use to change the color and transparency used to draw the selected text.
Fill color	Click the color swatch to display a color picker that you can use to change the color and transparency used to outline the selected text.
Fill color	Drag the slider to adjust the width of the outline applied to the selected text.
Fill color	Click the control and choose a setting from the drop-down list to indicate whether the outline should be drawn over or beneath the selected text.
Background	Select the checkbox if you want to apply a colored background to the selected characters. Click the button to choose a background color, or click the button to hide the controls.
Color	Click the color swatch to display a color picker that you can use to change the background color (and transparency) displayed behind the selected text
Strikethrough	Select the checkbox if you want to draw a line through the selected characters. Click the button to choose a strikethrough color and line thickness, or click the button to hide the controls.
Color	Click the color swatch to display a color picker that you can use to change the color and transparency used to draw the strikethrough line.
Thickness	Drag the slider to adjust the width of the strikethrough line.
Underline	Select the checkbox if you want to draw a line below the selected characters. Click the button to choose an underline color and line thickness, or click the button to hide the controls.
Color	Click the color swatch to display a color picker that you can use to change the color and transparency used to draw the underline.
Thickness	Drag the slider to adjust the width of the underline.

OpenType controls

If you're using an OpenType font, you can use the controls on the OpenType tab to adjust settings for the font. Adjusting these settings has no effect when using non-OpenType fonts.

For more information about OpenType fonts, please refer to OpenType Font Features on the MSDN site.

EXAMPLE For a sample OpenType font pack, please click here.