2020

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styles). Multiple clicks on a single button to select the desired font style was also not
a feasible solution.
In order to address these issues and to have a more predictable user interface, the
Plain, Bold and Italic buttons have been removed from the user interface in
QuarkXPress 2019- version 15.0.1. Now, the user has to change the font style from
the font style menu. In order to retain the legacy behavior for the users who applied
font style through key commands, the key commands to apply bold/ italics have
been retained.
In previous versions of QuarkXPress, the key commands to apply bold and italics
would work even if the applied font family did not have a font style with an
intrinsic bold or italic font face. In such cases, faux bold or faux italics would get
applied on the text. The application of faux bold/ italic is not considered preferable
for designing.
In QuarkXPress 2019, version 15.0.1, the font styling behavior has been changed.
On pressing the key command to apply bold/ italic style, if the font family has a
font style corresponding to that font face, then the font style will be selected,
otherwise, the key command will be ignored.
If the key command to bold/ italic style is being ignored/ is not working, kindly
check if the applied font family has a font style corresponding to that font face
(bold/ italic).
In previous versions of QuarkXPress, in case of small font families that only had a
Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic, it was easy to use a key command to apply bold/
italics. In case of large font families which have many sub font families like Light,
Light Italic; Medium, Medium Italic; Condensed, Condensed Bold, Condensed
Italic, Condensed Bold Italic; Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic, it was not easy to use
key command to apply bold/ italic as the application was not aware of which bold/
italic style to choose. In addition to that, if a bold/ italic style was not available in a
sub font family, the shortcut would select a bold/ italic style of another sub font
family (from within the large font family). Hence, if the Condensed Bold font style
was not available, the shortcut would select the Bold font style. This was not a
correct behavior since applying a bold/ italic font style of a sub family would alter
the current font-weight/ width.
In QuarkXPress 2019, version 15.0.1, the font styling behavior has been changed
with respect to key commands. In large font families, while applying bold/ italic
styling through key command, it will only search for the bold/ italic style from
within the current sub font family. If the sub font family has a font style
corresponding to that font face, then the font style will be selected, otherwise, the
key command will be ignored. The key command will no longer select a bold/ italic
font style outside the current sub font family.
It is recommended that the user should use the font style pop-menu to select the
desired font styles.
Handling faux styles in QuarkXPress
In case faux styling is applied on the text, it will be displayed as [Faux Bold], •
[Faux Italic], [Faux Bold Italic] in the user interface.
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