User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
To set type size using menu commands:
1. Choose Text | Size. A checkmark appears next to the current type size.
2. Choose one of the sizes in the submenu. The size setting applies immediately.
Applying font styles
Font styles are different character types, such as bold, italic, or superscript, as well as capitalization
modes.
Styles can be chosen and applied with either the Properties bar, Text menu, or Type palette.
Font styles can be categorized into three groups: appearance, capitalization, and baseline position.
You can apply multiple appearance styles to the same text; however, you are restricted to one each of
capitalization and baseline styles.
Appearance styles
Appearance styles include plain, bold, italic, underline, outline, shadow, small caps, and
strikethrough. Except for the Plain option, use as many of these appearances as you like on the same
text. Depending on the typeface, using certain styles might not have the desired effect, and can even
make text appear ugly when printed; e.g., applying bold to a heavy weight typeface can make
characters look too thick. Similarly, applying italic to an already italicized font might exaggerate the
slant of the characters.
Applying the Plain setting removes other font styles that have been applied to revert text to
its standard appearance.
Capitalization styles
Capitalization styles format text as uppercase, lowercase, or title (first letter of each word
capitalized) styles. Apply one of these capitalization styles to the same text: Normal, Upper, Lower,
and Title.
Baseline position
The baseline of text is the imaginary horizontal line on which characters sit. To position characters
above (superscript) or below (subscript) the normal baseline, shift the baseline position.
Canvas does not change the type size of superscript and subscript text. Unless you reduce the type
size of shifted text, the line size increases by the amount of the baseline shift. As a result, the line
spacing might change, depending on the leading setting. If you don’t want the line spacing to
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