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Default style: Select to make this style the default style. The default style is the style PlanetPress
Design associates by default with each new object it creates. It is the style that appears by default in
the Style box in the Basic attributes properties of an object when you create that object. The current
default style appears in bold in the Structure area.
Font Definition
Font type: Select the type of font for the style. PostScript fonts are strongly recommended to improve
printer performance and reduce the file size of a document. The type you select determines the contents
and availability of the remaining options. The Default font type option in the User Options dialog box
determines the font type that appears here by default.
Refresh Fonts List button: Click to refresh the list of available fonts. You use this button if you added
fonts to, or removed fonts from, your PlanetPress Design installation after you began your current
PlanetPress Design session. PlanetPress Design automatically refreshes the list of available fonts each
time it starts.
Font name: Select the font you want to use for the style. The Font type you selected determines the
contents of this box. If the font you want to use is a Bold, Italic, or Bold Italic font, you should choose
the regular version of the font in this box, and use the Bold and/or Italic buttons to adjust its Bold and
Italic properties. For example, if you want to use the Helvetica Bold font, select Helvetica in this box,
and click the Bold button. This increases the flexibility of the style; rather than create a new style for
each version of the font, you create a single style and adjust the properties as necessary when you
reference the style. Note that if the font you select exists in the PPD file of the document (i.e. is printer-
resident), PlanetPress Design does not include the font when it performs a hard copy preview or
installation of the document. If you did not modify the Font type option, the font name that appears by
default is the one set in the Default font name option in the User Options dialog box.
Default attributes
Font size: Select or type the point size for the font. Note that this is the default font size for the style.
You can override the default as necessary in various places in PlanetPress Design, including the text in
text/box objects, and in PlanetPress Talk using the setstyleext() command.
Bold button: Click to turn the Bold property of the font on or off. When you turn the Bold property on,
the style uses the font selected in the Bold font name box, or, if the Italic property is also on, the font
selected in the Bold italic font name box, of the Advanced Fonts dialog box. The property is on when the
button appears recessed.
Italic button: Click to turn the Italic property of the font on or off. When you turn the Italic property
on, the style uses the font you selected in the Italic font name box, or, if the Bold property is also on,
the font selected in the Bold italic font name box, of the Advanced Fonts dialog box. The property is on
when the button appears recessed.
Underline button: Click to turn the Underline property of the font on or off. When you turn the
Underline property on, the style underlines the characters of its font. The property is on when the button
appears recessed. Note that spaces may not appear underlined in PlanetPress Design, but that they will
be when the document is used to generate output.
Color box: View the current color for the style. When you select a color in the Color Picker, this box
updates to reflect the selected color.
Color button: Click to select a color for the style using the Color Picker. The Color box displays the
selected color for the style.
Font ratio: Enter a percentage by which you want to shrink or stretch the font spacing. This value
adjusts both the width of each glyph and the spacing between glyphs. This is in contrast to kerning,
which modifies the spacing between characters without modifying the width of characters.
4. If necessary, click Set advanced fonts (the button to the right of the Font name box), and use the
Advanced Fonts dialog box to specify the fonts to use when you set the Bold, Italic, and BoldItalic
properties on this style.
Bold font name: Select the font to use when you set the Bold property on this style. You use the Bold
button to set the Bold property. The Font type you selected determines the contents of this box, and the
Font name you selected determines which font appears by default in this box. It is important to select a
font from the same family as the font you selected for the style in the Font name box. For example, if
you selected Helvetica in the Font name box, you should select a Helvetica font (for example, Helvetica
Bold) in this box. This ensures all fonts the style references use the same encoding table, and thus
prevents unpredictable results. Note that if the font you select exists in the PPD file of the document
(i.e. is printer-resident), PlanetPress Design does not include the font when it performs a hard copy
preview or an installation of the document.
Italic font name: Select the font to use when you set the Italic property on this style. You use the
Italic button to set the Italic property. The Font type you selected determines the contents of this box,
and the Font name you selected determines which font appears by default in this box. It is important to
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