User Guide

(right sidebearing).
Skew: Creating an oblique image by transforming paths.
Spacing: The amount of unused area that exists between
characters.
Stroke: A line which may be expanded in width; or the
width of the linear elements that compose characters.
Style: A visual variation of a basic typeface used to create
emphasis. Type style is important since it can attract (or
repel) the reader’s eye. The four basic computer styles are
Plain, Bold, Italic, and BoldItalic.
Style Merger: Macromedia Inc.’s utility that merges
Macintosh styled fonts into one font family.
Swash capitals: Uppercase letters that have flourishes
added to them. Originally designed to go with Italic typefaces.
Template layer: The layer of the Outline Window where
background images and scans are inserted.
Textbox: Within a dialog box any rectangular outline that
includes text.
TTF: A file in an outline font format (TrueType Font) that
is used both in screen display and in printing.
Tool palette: The collection of drawing tools in the Outline
and Bitmap Windows.
Tracking: The overall letterspacing in text. Tracking can
also be used to tighten or loosen a block of type. Some
programs have automatic tracking options which can add or
remove small increments of space between the characters.
Transform: To alter an image by rotating, flipping, scaling,
or skewing.
Transient font: A font which stays in the printer memory
only until the current document is finished printing.
TrueType: Apple’s outline font format designed to be used
with their System 7 operating software and Microsoft
Windows 3.x.
Type 1 PostScript font: Genuine Adobe PostScript or
Fontographer Type 1 fonts with hints, which provide high
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