Font Menu

This topic describes each menu item in the Font menu, as described in Table 42. Font options apply only to text in text clips.

Table 42. Font Menu Items

Menu Item	Description
Show Fonts (Command-T)	Displays the System Font pane. Select a font to apply to highlighted text, or all text if none is selected.
Bold (Command-B)	Makes the selected text bold.
Italic (Command-I)	Makes the selected text italic.
Underline (Shift-Command-U)	Underlines the selected text.
Bigger	Increases the font size by one point.
Smaller	Decreases the font size by one point.
Kern	Adjusts the distance between characters to make them look better balanced. For example, tucking the letter A under V in the phrase AV. Kerning applies to all selected text. If no characters are selected it kerns the pair of characters on each side of the cursor. The Kern menu item has these submenu items:
Use Default	Use the default kerning built into the font.
Use None	Disable all kerning.
Tighten	Decrease the distance between characters.
Loosen	Increase the distance between characters.
Ligature	A ligature is a character that combines two or more other characters into a single character. Not all fonts contain all ligature characters, but their use is enabled by default. The Ligature menu item has these submenu items:
Use Default	Use ligatures if the font uses them.
Use None	Never use ligatures.
Use All	Always use ligatures.
Copy Style	Copies the style of the selected text, except background.
Paste Style	Applies the previously copied text style to the selected text.
Make Text Properties Default	Saves the current text properties for the selected text box clip and makes them the default. When you create a new text box, the default text properties are used.