Format lettering
Change current formatting settings before or after adding lettering. You can slant letters to left or right for an italic effect. Use the justification setting – left, right, center, or fully justified – to align lettering along the baseline.
To format lettering...
- Create a new lettering object and select it.
- If not already open, double-click to open the Object Properties > Special > Lettering dialog.
- Adjust lettering height and width using the slider controls.
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Say, for example, you are using the metric measurement system so your lettering heights are in mm. And say you get an order for ¾" lettering. Simply enter ‘3/4in’ or ‘3/4 in’ into the Lettering Height field and it is automatically converted to 19.05mm.
- Enter an angle, ±45°, in the Italic field to create slanted lettering – 0° is equivalent to no italics.
- Select a justification setting as required – Left, Right, Center, or Full.
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When the justification setting is Full, letters are evenly distributed along the baseline. To change spacing for fully justified lettering, simply change baseline length.
- To make bold lettering, select the Pull Comp tab.
- Select column width or pull comp options as required.
