User Guide

Chapter 6: Text And Typography
cases, such as rotated text, the export filters might rasterize the characters, and you will not be able
to edit them as text.
Always save a copy in Canvas format of files you want to export, in case the file conversion
doesn’t give the results that you expected.
To export text to other file formats:
1. Choose File | Save As.
2. In the Save as type menu, choose a file format. Type a name for the file, and then click Save.
Canvas warns you that saving files in other formats might result in a loss of some
information whenever you save using a format other than Canvas.
Type effects
This section explains how to apply various effects to type. In Canvas, you can wrap text inside
objects, repel text from objects, bind text to the path of an object, and slant the margins of a text
object.
Text inks and strokes
You can apply fill inks, pen inks, strokes, frame inks, background inks, and frame strokes using the
Fill Ink, Pen Ink, and Stroke icons in the Toolbox. You can also use the Properties bar that has icons
and popout palettes that let you apply fill inks, frame inks, background inks, and frame strokes (see
"Formatting text with the Properties bar" on page 581).
Current attributes
By using the icons in the Toolbox, you can set the pen ink, fill ink and stroke current attributes for
text; however, you can’t set frame inks, background inks, and frame strokes to be current attributes;
i.e., you can’t set a frame ink, background ink, or frame stroke that will be applied when you create
new text objects (see "Attributes of new text" on page 562).
When you convert text to paths, Canvas keeps the pen ink, fill ink and stroke, but any
background inks, frame inks, or frame strokes are removed.
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