Adobe InCopy CC 2015 - Manual (Page 315)

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Typography
Last updated 6/13/2015
A Swatch affects fill or stroke B Swatch affects container or text C Tint percentage
1 Do one of the following:
• To apply color changes to text inside a frame, use the Type tool to select text.
• To apply color changes to all text in a frame, use the Selection tool to select the frame. When applying color to
the text rather than the container, make sure that you select the Formatting Affects Text icon in the Tools panel
or in the Swatches panel.
2 In the Tools panel or in the Swatches panel, select whether you want to apply the color change to the fill or stroke.
If you select Stroke, the color change affects only the outline of characters.
3 Do any of the following:
• In the Swatches panel, click a color or gradient swatch.
• In the Stroke panel, specify a weight or other stroke options. (See Stroke panel options .)
You can also apply a gradient to text by dragging across the selected text using either the Gradient Swatch tool or
the Gradient Feather tool .
To create reverse type, you can change the text fill color to white or [Paper] and the frame’s fill color to a dark color. You
can also create reverse type by using a paragraph rule behind text; however, if the rule is black, you’ll need to change
the type to white.
Change the color and gradient of text
You can apply colors and gradients to the stroke and fill of characters with the Swatches panel. For a linked story, you
can apply any colors or gradients defined by the linked InDesign layout. For a stand-alone story, you can apply any of
the default colors or new colors you create for the document.
Note: You cannot create gradients in InCopy. Gradients only appear when imported from InDesign.