150
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Multiple lines of text can have
Title Crawl
applied to create the famous Star Wars “in a galaxy far far away”
effect:
6.14 Applications Using the Sizing Function
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In
Section 6.05
, the
Sizing
setting on the
Text Panel
was briefly explained. The following examples better
illustrate how you might be using this setting in your designing.
6.14.1 Sizing Lettering for Particular Fonts
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One of my favorite free fonts is called
1 Bean Sprout DNA.
The only problem with this font is that some of its
characters are unusually large. For years, I’ve simply manually resized the letters that were too high relative
to others in that font. With the
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The word “Great !” is typed using this font:
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I recommend making a copy of the text and then applying both the
Fixed Height
option and the
Fixed
Height Proportional
option for comparison:
•
Note that the letters do not necessarily end up aligned along the bottom. To achieve that, apply
Object>Ungroup
, reselect all of the letters, and then select any of the
Vertical Align
icons
on the
Position & Size Panel
:
Angle:
-45
Height:
1.0
Angle:
-25
Height:
4.0
Angle:
-145
Height:
2.0
Fixed Height
Fixed Height Proportional
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