2021

TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY
You can define the color, width and type of join of your strokes. You can define a
text stroke as part of a character or paragraph style sheet.
To apply a text stroke to selected text, do one of the following things:
Use a character style sheet. •
To apply a text stroke to entire paragraphs, use a paragraph style sheet, and •
choose (or define) a character style sheet that defines a text stroke from the
Character Style drop down menu on the General tab.
Use the Character tab of the Measurements palette. •
Define the following:
Stroke - Choose a color from the drop-down menu. Choose to display •
the Edit Color dialog to define a new color for the text stroke.
Choose a % using the slider to apply the shade of the selected color. •
Width - Define the desired width of the stroke as an absolute value (up to 500 •
pt). You can also define the width as a percentage of the text. The width of the
stroke will then be dependent on the font size and increase/decrease
proportionally if you change the font size. A percentage value must be between
0 and 50%.
Join - Select the type of join to specify the appearance of the stroke at corner •
points that extend beyond the end points of the text.
Miter Join : Creates a pointed corner which extends beyond the endpoint •
when the miter’s length is within the miter limit. The Miter Limit field will
only be available for a Miter Join. The value of the Miter Limit field can be
1 to 255.
Round Join : Creates rounded corners which extend half the stroke width •
beyond the endpoint.
Bevel Join : Creates squared corners which abut the endpoints. •
Miter Limit - For a Miter Join, choose the Miter Limit from the drop-down •
menu.
Check No Fill to change the color of the text to no color. This selection is only •
available if the width of the text stroke is > 0.
Stroke support for Indic
Till now, in QuarkXPress on applying text stroking feature, first fill is applied and
then stroke is drawn. This text stroking behavior works fine with most of the
languages which only contain characters. But, in case of languages like Indic
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