User Guide

Chapter 6: Text And Typography
Pen Select a stroke for the rule from the Pen pop-up palette. You can select a
solid pen, neon, or parallel stroke.
Dash To apply a dash to the rule, select a dash style from the Dash pop-up
palette.
Color Select a color for the rule from the Color pop-up palette.
Adjusting letter and word spacing
Depending on the type of justification you choose, you might want to adjust letter and word spacing
to reduce raggedness or eliminate unusual spacing; e.g., left-justified paragraphs might appear too
ragged on the right edge, and full-justified paragraphs might have large spaces between characters
and words.
You can specify a minimum line width for a paragraph to reduce raggedness. In addition, Canvas has
letter- and word-spacing parameters to let you specify minimum, maximum, and desired spacing
guidelines.
To adjust letter and word spacing:
1. Depending on how you want the letter and word spacing settings to apply, do one of the
following:
To change existing text: Select the paragraphs or text objects. To set spacing for only
one paragraph, place the insertion point anywhere in the paragraph.
To set the spacing before typing a new paragraph: Place the insertion point at the
beginning of the paragraph.
To apply the spacing settings to the preset format: Deselect all objects.
2. Open the Type palette by choosing Text | Type.
3. Click the Paragraph tab to bring it to the front, if necessary.
4. Depending on the type of justification applied to the text, use the following options on the
Paragraph tab:
For right-, left-, and center-justified text: To set the “Minimum line widths,” enter a
percentage in the text box. The percentage tells Canvas to adjust letter and word spacing
so that each line is at least as wide as specified; e.g., if you create a two-inch wide, left-
justified paragraph and set the minimum line width to 75%, Canvas adjusts the spacing
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