4.3 Modifying Fonts

text effects

A font command group that adds a distinctive appearance, such as outlines, shadows, glows or reflections, to selected text.

font

Also called typeface or font family, refers to a character set that is designed with a particular appearance. Examples include: Times New Roman, Arial, Courier New, and Palatino Linotype.

font size

Fonts can be set to a particular size through the font size drop-down list. They can also be increased or decreased incrementally using the buttons to the right of the drop-down list.

font dialog box

More options are available from the _______________ These include additional underlining options, double strikethrough, and Small Caps, which replaces all of the lowercase letters in a title with capital letters that are a smaller font size.

font color

The color of characters in a font set.

point

The unit of measurement used for font sizes.

character spacing

This setting moves characters closer to or farther apart from each other. It does not change the size or shape of the letters

Position

This setting raises or lowers characters in relation to the baseline. It is similar to using subscript and superscript formatting, except that it does not make the affected characters smaller

Format Painter

a tool that allows you to copy multiple formats from one part of a document to another

change case

allows a user to change the case of selected text to all uppercase, lowercase, sentence case, toggle case, or capitalize each word

scale

makes each individual character wider or narrower. It is described by a percentage, with 100% being normal.

Font effects

other effects that can be applied to fonts, including underlining, double-underlining, strikethrough, subscript (X0), and superscript (X2).

font style

refers to formatting, such as italic, bold, and bold italic

Text Highlight Color

useful in marking up notes or drawing the reader's attention to certain passages or text within a document (makes your text pop)

superscript

very small letters/numbers just above the line of text

subscript

very small letters/numbers just below the line of text