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Text Preferences

  1. From the Edit menu, select Preferences.
  2. Select the Tools tab.
  3. Select Text Tool from the list on the left side of the dialog box.
  4. Adjust the following parameters:

    Font Size

    Selects the option that will be used to determine the font size used to fit a specified text height.

     

    Use font height

    Sets the font size to the height of the font bounding box set in the Font Size field of DesignCentral.

     

    Based on height of __

    Sets the font size to the height of the letter you specify, as measured from the top of the letter to its baseline.

    By default, font sizes are based on the height of the letter "X." The benefit of using a reference letter is knowing the exact size of one particular letter.

    The reference letter is a relative reference and does not make all characters the same size as that letter.

     

    In the example below, text was selected and the same size set in DesignCentral.

     

     

    [A]

    [B]

    [C]

     

     

    1. Text height in DesignCentral.

     

    [A] The height of the letter "X" was set as a reference in Based on height of. The height of "X" is exactly the size specified in DesignCentral because it is used as a reference. All other letters will be proportionally resized.

    [B] The height of the letter "a" was set as a reference in Based on height of. The height of "a" is exactly the size specified in DesignCentral, and all other letters are proportionally resized.

    [C] The setting Use font height was set. The height of the font's original bounding box has the size specified in DesignCentral.

    Width / tracking / word spacing

    Specifies whether to show this value in DesignCentral as a percentage or in actual size.

    Use Chinese language kits

    When checked, allows Chinese characters to be input from the Chinese language kit while running a Roman language version of Windows.

See Also

Working with Text

Creating New Text

Changing Text Attributes Using DesignCentral

Changing Text Attributes Using Control Points

Entering New Text

Selecting Text

Changing Text Attributes

Changing Default Text Settings

Finding and Replacing

Spell Checking

Changing Case

Changing Kerning

Breaking and Joining Text

Changing Text Orientation

Adjusting Text Block Size

Working with Braille Text

Working with Barcodes

Working with Special Characters

Working With Text Styles

Working with Fonts