Horizontal Path Text
Vertical Path Text
Arc Text
Editing Attributes in DesignCentral
Some attributes in DesignCentral are common for all types of text, others
are specific for one type.
DesignCentral – Character tab
Character Tab
Adjust the following parameters:
Font and style used in the selected text. Click the arrow to view
a list of available font types and styles. The font style list will be
disabled if the font has only one style available.
If you select the font field, and begin typing the name of the
font on the keyboard, the software will do an incremental
search and take you to the fonts that start with the letters you
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have typed in. You could type TIM and get Times New
Roman, for example.
To change the fonts currently in use, select Modify from the
font list. See “Modifying the Fonts in Use” page 81 for
information.
Height of the selected text.
The height is the height of a reference character (by default
“X”). See “Text Preferences” on page 79 about how to change
the reference character.
Width of the selected text.
The width can be displayed in units (in, cm, mm…) or as a
percentage of the original character width. See “Text
Preferences” on page 79 about how to change the display
mode.
Slant of the selected text.
Orientation of the selected text. Click to rotate the characters
90 degrees.
Spacing between characters, also known as Tracking.
The tracking can be displayed in units (in, cm, mm…) or as a
percentage. See “Text Preferences” on page 79 about how to
change the display mode.
0.000 is the default value for the unit’s mode. Wider spacing
may be achieved by selecting positive values. The default value
for percentage is 100%. Values above 100% will produce wider
spacing.
The vertical or horizontal offset applied to characters.
Amount of spacing between lines of text.
Click the button on the right side of this field to select between
Automatic and Specify. When Specify is selected, the Line
Spacing field is enabled, and you can specify the amount of
space between lines.
 This field is not available for Horizontal and Vertical
Path Text.
DesignCentral – Paragraph tab
Paragraph Tab
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