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Formatting and Enhancing Text
Formatting and Enhancing Text
If you’re familiar with word processing programs such as Microsoft Word,
you probably already use many of the text formatting tools (font, font
size, text style, text justification, kerning, and leading) that are available
in Marquee. Most of these tools are accessible in the toolbar above the
Monitor window.
Selecting a Font and Font Size
Yo u c an c re at e a ti tl e usi ng an y o f t he f ont s i n t he Fo nt s f old er fo un d in
your Control Panel (Windows) or the System folder (Macintosh).
To change the font:
1. Use the Text or Edit tool to select the text.
2. From the Font List menu, select a font.
Yo u c an s el ec t a ny s ty le f or th e f on t , i ncl ud ing bo ld o r i t al ic . (A ll
bold and italic styles are listed within the font list, rather than as
separate modifiers.)
To change the point size:
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With the text selected, do one of the following:
 In the Font Size text box, type a point size value.
 Drag the value shuttle up or down to increase or decrease the
font size.
Scaling Text
Yo u h ave se ve ra l way s t o s cal e t ext ob je ct s by m an ip ul a ti n g t he s ize of
their bounding boxes.
To scale a text object:
1. Select the Edit tool.
2. Place the pointer near one of the bounding-box handles. When it
becomes an up arrow, do one of the following:
 Alt+drag (Windows) or Option+drag (Macintosh) the handle. This
method will distort the shape of the text (which might be the effect
you want in certain circumstances).
 To ret ain the text’s aspect ratio, Shift +Alt+drag (Wi ndows) or
Shift+Option+drag (Macintosh) the handle.
NOTE The font point size
sets the size of your text.
A point is a unit of typo-
graphical measure. As a
rule of thumb, there are
approximately 72 points
in an inch; but, in fact, a
72-point font is rarely an
exact inch in height.
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