User`s guide

Chapter 8 Working with Text
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Font Styles
The Style Palette lets you save thumbnails of all the available fonts on your system in the
Fonts tab. You can also use the Use Fonts in Font Menu option to display each available font
using the corresponding font instead of the system font in the Text window’s font menu.
However, selecting this option increases the display time for the font menu.
When you access this tab for the first time, you must add a category. After that, you only
need to rebuild the category if you add more fonts to your system. Unlike the other tabs in
the Style Palette, you cannot save styles to the Fonts tab, so the Apply controls, as well as the
Add Style and Rename Style buttons, do not appear when you are in the Font tab.
To create font styles:
1. Open the Style Palette—see “Working with the Style Palette” on page 452.
2. In the Style Palette, select the Fonts tab and click the Add Category button.
3. Name the category.
The new category name appears in the category menu.
4. If this is the first time you have used the Font tab or if you have added new fonts to your
system, click the Rebuild Category button.
The Font tab displays all the available fonts on your system.
Natural and Gradient Styles
A natural style mimics materials found in nature, such as stone or lava. A gradient is a
gradation of color.
To create natural and gradient styles:
1. Select the Face track for a Natural media or Gradient track in the timeline. The
appropriate media tab appears in the Controls window.
2. Use the parameters in the Controls window to adjust the media style as desired.
Add Category button
Rebuild Category button
Add Style button