Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 112)

92 Format Characters Formatting Documents
Figure 100
The Character palette showing the Font pop-up menu
Nisus Writer Pro groups your fonts as they are organized in the Font Book application. You can
choose to display:
• All Fonts
• Document Fonts (only and all those appearing in the active document)
• English (those fonts designated as English, or whatever language is the primary language
you have set for the Mac OS)
• whatever fonts you designate as your Favorite Fonts using the Fonts panel
• your Recent Fonts (which displays the 10 most recent fonts you have used).
Scroll through a longer list of fonts
▶
Drag the resize tab at the bottom of the Character palette down to display a longer list of
available fonts.
If you know the name of the font you want, you can click and select the font name in the Font
display and type the first few characters. Nisus Writer Pro uses “auto-fill” to sense what font
you want, displaying the closest match (in alphabetical order). When you see the font you want,
press
T to confirm your choice.
If you want to move on to change the typeface and/or size, you can press @ to confirm and
select the next field in the palette.
Change the size of characters
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Whenever you change the size of characters in your text from its underlying style as set in your Nisus
New File or an applied style sheet, as explained in “Formatting Documents Using Style Sheets” on
page 95, the , the Font/Character Attributes Tag appears on the Statusbar at the bottom of your
document window. This is considered a “manual override” of the formatting of your document, as
explained in detail on page 93.
1. Select the text you wish to change.
2. Click and drag the Size slider to the size you want.
The Size box updates to display the actual size of the characters,
If you know the size you want, you can click and select (or double-click) the size display and
type the size you want. Nisus Writer Pro uses only whole number sizes. When you are satisfied,
press
T or @ to confirm your choice.
The slider only goes up to 128 pt., you can enter any size you like in the size display text box.
Or
1. Select the text you want to have a different size.
2. Choose the size you want from the menu Format > Size.
You can choose from a variety of sizes or you can increase or decrease the size of your text by
designated increments. The selected text appears in the selected size.
Change the size of characters to a size not listed on the menu
1. Select the text you want to have a different size.
2. Click and drag the Size slider to the size you want.
Or
1. Choose the menu command Format > Size > Other….
2. Type the number for the size you want and Click OK.