Apple Pages - Manual (Page 54)

54 Chapter 3 Formatting Text and Paragraphs
Advanced Typography Features
Some fonts, such as Zapfino and Hoefler, have advanced typography features, which
let you create different effects. If you are using a font that has different typography
effects available, you can change many of them in the Font submenu of the Format
menu. For example, you may be able to adjust the following:
 Tracking: Place characters closer together or farther apart
 Ligature: Use or leave out stylish flourishes between letters or at the end or
beginning of lines
 Baseline: Move text higher or lower than the text around it
 Capitalization: Convert all characters to capital or small capital letters
More advanced typography features are available in the Typography window.
To open the Typography window:
m In the Font panel, choose Typography from the Action pop-up menu (in the lower-left
corner).
Setting Text Alignment and Spacing
To adjust horizontal text alignment in the main document body, use the Text
submenu of the Format menu. These menu commands align text in the following
ways:
 Align Left: Begins each line of text against the left margin of a page or column, or
the left edge of an object
 Center: Sets the center of each line of text at the center of a page, column, or
object
 Align Right: Sets each line of text against the right margin of a page or column, or
the right edge of an object
 Justify: Spaces characters in each line so that the lines reach both the left and right
margins of a page or column, or edges of an object
To align body text left, center, right, or justified:
m Choose Format > Text > [Align Left, Center, Align Right, Justify].
Note: If you want to indent the first line of text in a paragraph, or learn how to undo
paragraph indenting, see “Setting Paragraph Indents” on page 61.