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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
languages, the default stroke behavior is unusable, since it breaks within the
syllables and the middle joint outlines are also visible.
For solving this issue, new stroke drawing order options (Front, Behind) have
been added in QuarkXPress.
Now, the default stroke order will be “Front” which will act as current text
stroking behavior. If it is changed to “Behind” then the first stroke will be drawn
and then fill will be applied. The “Behind” drawing order option will hide the
breaks within the syllables.
There is an option available in Settings.xml file to hide the Stroke Order control
in the UI.
<!--TextStrokeDrawingOrderUISetting StrokeDrawingOrderUI ="False" to disable
strokeorder UI, StrokeDrawingOrderUI ="True" -->