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menu is displayed, you can move the mouse pointer over it to select the desired font
variant.
Instant font menu navigation
While the font menu is displayed, you can type the initial characters of the font name,
and the menu will be scrolled to that section of the list. E.g. if you type "ver" it will
instantly scroll and locate the Verdana font.
Bold, Italic & Synthesized fonts
MAGIX Page & Layout Designer 2013 does not allow you to apply italic or bold to text
if the necessary italic/bold font is not installed. Page & Layout Designer 3.2 and
earlier versions would allow this and would artificially synthesize an italic or bold
appearance as required. The results produced by doing this were generally poor
quality. Besides this, you would encounter problems if later trying to export your
design to PDF, since other applications would either not synthesize the bold/italic
appearance or produce even worse results.
Simple text
If you wish to type a small amount of simple text, position the pointer where you want
to enter text and click. A red cursor appears where you clicked and you can now start
typing on the keyboard.
If you make a mistake, use "Delete" and "Backspace" in the usual way.
Pressing "Enter" completes the line and starts a new line of text below it. The inter-
line spacing is controlled by the line spacing text box on the InfoBar.
Simple text is not suitable for large paragraphs of text because there is no automatic
line wrapping (because the width is unlimited). Use a Text Column or Text Area
instead (see below).
By default text has no outline color. "Shift + clicking" on a color on the Color Line will
give the selected text an outline color - the thickness of which can be controlled by
the line width control, as usual. You will probably want to set the Line join type (on
page 95) to be rounded to give it a more smooth appearance (control at the top of the
LINE GALLERY).
Line width is described in Changing the line width (thickness) (on page 92).
Applying color is described in Color handling (on page 159).
You can continue to enter text even after rotation, color filling or placing it on a curve.