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FXDeko User’s Guide
Creating Styles
SPECIFYING A FONT
ABOUT FONTS
A font is a single typeface in a particular size and orientation. In FXDeko, the
current font and the current look make up the current style.
The preceding Composing Text chapter described how to select and manipulate
a font interactively. This section describes how to use the controls in the
Style/Font Window to change the attributes of the current font.
Later sections describe how to install TrueType or Postscript fonts and how to
create a Custom Typeface.
To change the attributes of the current font:
Do one of the following:
• Use the text bar to choose the current typeface, size, bold, italic
and justification rules.
• Use the Style/Font Window to control all aspects of the
current font.
THE STYLE/FONT WINDOW
To display the Style/Font Window:
1. In the View menu, Choose Style (F6).
2. Click Font at the top of the Style window.
Controls in the Style/Font Window:
Typeface
The name of the current typeface. Click on this box to call up a list
of available typefaces. The list includes TrueType and Postscript
fonts and FXDeko Custom Typefaces. The latter are indicated by
the word “(deko)” after the typeface name.