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Changing Fonts
 
 
 

When you open the Text module, the default font is loaded and ready to use. When you choose a different font, it becomes the current font and all text you type appears in the current font. If you edit text that has a different font, the current font is replaced by the font of the text at the cursor position. For example, if you are working with Carta font and you edit text that uses Helvetica, Helvetica becomes the current font and all subsequent text you type appears in Helvetica.

You specify the default font using the TextDefaultFont token in the init.cfg configuration file. See the Autodesk Visual Effects and Finishing Configuration File Reference Guide. Also, you can install additional fonts for use in the Text module. See Installing Fonts.

To change the current font:

  1. In the Font section of the Text menu, click the Font field.

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    The font library appears.

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    (a) Font Type box  (b) Font Preview window  

  2. In the Font Type box, select the font type you want to load.
    Type Description
    Type 1 A single-byte font type designed for Roman language fonts. Soft-links to the Adobe Postscript® Type 1 fonts installed with the system or supplied by Autodesk are contained in /usr/discreet/font directory.
    CID A multi-byte adaptation of Adobe Postscript Type 1 fonts, well-suited to representing the large character sets of Asian languages such as Japanese, Korean and Chinese.
    TrueType A widely used cross-platform font format.
    OpenType A font developed by Adobe and Microsoft® that supports expanded character sets and layouts.
    Auto Displays all font types, detecting the type automatically.
  3. In the file browser, navigate to the directory that contains the font you want to load.
  4. Preview a font. Do one of the following:
  5. Select the font.
  6. Click Load.

    The Text menu reappears with the name of the new font in the Font field.