Nisus Writer Pro - Manual (Page 38)

18 The Nisus Writer Pro Tooldrawer Getting Started
confirm your choice by pressing Enter: T , or Return < Nisus Writer Pro returns its focus back to
the main document selection from the palette.
The Character palette
The Character palette, illustrated in Figure 98, Figure 99 and Figure 100 on page 91, indicates the
font family, typeface, options, color and size of selected text. It also presents the tools to modify
each of those attributes.
Change the font
1. Select the text you wish to change.
2. Choose the set of fonts you want from the Font pop-up menu in the Character palette. This is
usually set to display All Fonts, but you can narrow this down using one of the other sets.
3. Click the arrow to the right of the font Family display and choose the font you want from the
menu that appears.
If you have many fonts available, a scroll bar appears. You can drag this scroll bar to display
additional fonts.
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 Family
display and type the first few characters. Nisus Writer Pro uses “auto-fill” to sense which font
you want, displaying the closest match (in alphabetical order). When you see the font you want,
press
< to confirm your choice.
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To learn more about using fonts (where they belong in your System, etc.) see pages 445 and
(for non-Roman text) 27.
If you want to change the typeface and/or size, you can press @ to confirm and select the next
field in the palette.
Change the typeface or color
1. Select the text you wish to change.
2. Click the arrow to the right of the face display (beneath the Font pop-up menu) and choose the
typeface you want from the menu that appears.
Not all fonts have all typefaces (for example Geneva does not support “italic”). In that case,
Nisus Writer Pro can achieve this effect if you click one or more of the Options buttons
available.
If you know the name of the typeface you want, you can click and select the typeface name in
the display and then type the first few characters. Nisus Writer Pro uses “auto-fill” to sense
which typeface you want, displaying the closest match (in alphabetical order). When you see the
typeface you want, press
T or to confirm your choice.
The options available include
• Bold
• Italic
• Underline
• Subscript
• Superscript
• Strikethrough (Single)
• Strikethrough (Double)
• Shadow
• Small Caps
Color is an aspect of Options. Click the Color Picker to open the System’s Colors panel.
If you want to move on to change the size of your characters, you can press @ to confirm and
select the next field in the palette.
Change the size
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.