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The latest version of
PrintShop Mail is currently
7.1. This documentation was updated on
2011-03-29 and covers the changes made in this version. If you are still using an older version of
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2010-09.
Text Style
You can change the text style (for example, font name, size, color, and style properties) of any part of the text in a text object or for multiple text objects.
PrintShop Mail offers multiple ways of formatting your text. These styles can be combined for better control.
- Bold (example)
- Underlined (example)
- Italic (example)
- Superscript (example)
- Subscript (example)
- Strikethrough (
example)
You can also modify the following text properties:
- Font: Change the fonts using available system fonts (see PrintShop Mailk Fonts section below)
- Font Size: Allows you to make the fonts look bigger or smaller.
- Font Color: Allows you to change the color of a font.
- Kerning: Selects whether special character pairs (such as A and W) are detected and placed closer together, in order to conserve space. Note that not all fonts support kerning, and that this feature is not supported on Windows 2000.
- Tracking: Allows a uniform adjustment of spacing between all characters in the text. Lower tracking compresses text together, while higher values spreads the text apart.
In MacOS, the terms Kerning and Tracking are reversed than in Windows. For simplicity's sake, we use the Windows names in this documentation.
To change the styles and properties, first select either a text object, multiple text objects, or any number of characters within a text object. Then use one of the following options:
- In Windows:
- The Text menu allows you to change the following styles: Font Size, Bold, Italic, Underline, Font Color, Kerning, Tracking.
- The Font dialog (menu Text -> Font...) allows you to change the following styles: Font, Font Size, Bold, Italic, Underline, Font Color, Superscript, Subscript, Strikethrough
- The Font toolbar allows you to change the following styles: Font, Font Size, Bold, Italic, Underline, Font Color
- In Mac OS:
- The Text menu allows you to change the following styles: Kerning, Baseline (subscript/superscript), Bold, Italic, Underline, Font Color.
- The Fonts dialog (menu Text, Font, Show Fonts) allows you to change the following styles: Font, Font Size, Bold, Italic, Underline.
- The Font Toolbar allows you to change the following styles: Font, Font Size, Bold, Italic, Underline, Font Color.
You can also use keyboard shortcuts to control some of the styles:
- CTRL+B (Windows) or COMMAND+B (Mac OS): triggers Bold
- CTRL+I (Windows) or COMMAND+I (Mac OS): triggers Italic
- CTRL+U (Windows) or COMMAND+U (Mac OS): triggers Underline
Note: The text style of a variable depends on the style of the first delimiter, the character marking the beginning of a variable. (Applying style to variable = apply style to first marker)
Note: The precision of a font size is up to 0.5 points. For example, a font size of 10.5 points is allowed, but 10.3 is rounded to the nearest half (10.5).
PrintShop Mail Fonts
PrintShop Mail, just like any other software on your system, enables you to use any font installed in your system folders. Additionally (in Windows only), PrintShop Mail can also read any font file located in the same folder as the PrintShop Mail Document, or a Fonts subfolder located in the same folder as the PrintShop Mail Document.
Windows Only: Font reading priority: If you have fonts of the same name in all three possible locations, the priority in which PrintShop Mail reads the fonts is as such: Fonts in the same folder as the document are checked first. Fonts in the Fonts subfolder are checked second. Fonts in your operating system fonts folder are checked last.
Fonts can always be used by multiple PrintShop Mail Documents.