Operation Manual

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USING ILLUSTRATOR
Type
Last updated 11/8/2011
Previewing fonts
You can view samples of a font in the font family and font style menus in the Character panel and other areas in the
application from where you can choose fonts. The following icons are used to indicate different kinds of fonts:
• OpenType
• Type 1
• TrueType
• Multiple Master
• Composite
You can turn off the preview feature or change the point size of the font names or font samples in Type preferences.
Select a font family and style
1 Select the characters or type objects you want to change. If you don’t select any text, the font applies to new text you
create.
2 Select a font family and style using the Control panel, Type menu, or Character panel:
• In the Control panel, set the Font and Font Style options.
• In the Type menu, select a name from the Font or Recent Fonts submenu. Using the Font menu is convenient
because it displays a preview of the available fonts.
• In the Character panel, set the Font Family and Font Style options. In addition to choosing a name from the pop-up
menus, you can click the current name and type in the first few characters of the name you want.
To change the number of fonts in the Recent Fonts submenu, choose Edit > Preferences > Type (Windows) or
Illustrator > Preferences > Type (Mac OS), and set the Number Of Recent Fonts option.
Specify a typeface size
By default, typeface size is measured in points (a point equals 1/72 of an inch). You can specify any typeface size from
0.1 to 1296 points, in 0.001-point increments.
Note: In Fireworks, the typeface size is measured in pixels by default.
1 Select the characters or type objects you want to change. If you don’t select any text, the typeface size applies to new
text you create.
2 Do one of the following:
• In the Character panel or Control bar set the Font Size option.
• Choose a size from the Type > Size menu. Choosing Other lets you type a new size in the Character panel.
You can change the unit of measurement for type in the Preferences dialog box. This option is not available in
Fireworks.
Find and replace fonts
1 Choose Type > Find Font.
Move the Find Font dialog box so that you can see all the text in your document.