Apply a font to text, Specify a typeface size, Previewing fonts – Adobe InDesign User Manual
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Apply a font to text
When you specify a font, you can select the font family and its type style independently. When you change from one font family to another,
InDesign attempts to match the current style with the style available in the new font family. For example, Arial Bold would change to Times Bold
when you change from Arial to Times.
When you apply a bold or italic style to type, InDesign applies the typeface style specified by the font. In most cases, the specific version of bold or
italic is applied as expected. However, some fonts may apply a bold or italic variation that isn’t exactly labeled bold or italic, respectively. For
example, some font designers specify that when you apply bold to a font, the semibold variation is applied.
1. Select the text you want to change.
2. Do any of the following:
In the Character panel or Control panel, select a font in the Font Family menu or a style in the Type Style menu. (In Mac OS, you can
select type styles in the Font Family submenus.)
In the Character panel or Control panel, click in front of the font family name or type style name (or double-click its first word) and type
in the first few characters of the name you want. As you type, InDesign displays font family or type style names that match the
characters you’ve typed.
Choose a font in the Type > Font menu. Note that you choose both a font family and a type style when you use this menu.
Specify a typeface size
By default, typeface size is measured in points (a point equals 1/72 of an inch). You can specify any typeface size from 0.1 to 1296 points, in
0.001-point increments.
In Fireworks, the typeface size is measured in pixels by default.
1. Select the characters or type objects you want to change. If you don’t select any text, the typeface size applies to new text you create.
2. Do one of the following:
In the Character panel or Control bar set the Font Size option.
Choose a size from the Type > Size menu. Choosing Other lets you type a new size in the Character panel.
You can change the unit of measurement for type in the Preferences dialog box. This option is not available in Fireworks.
Previewing fonts
You can view samples of a font in the font family and font style menus in the Character panel and other areas in the application from where you
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