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Specification: 4 Text Effects

4.1 Applying Local Text Effects

Text effects may be applied to selected text or at the caret. The basic effects may be chosen from the menus or info palette, or the full range from a single dialogue box.

Key presses are provided for applying most effects, including kerning a letter pair, changing the text size, tracking and horizontal scale.

4.2 Fonts

The table below shows some of the fonts supplied. The font name is followed in brackets by the number of weights available, the supplier (B=Beebug, A=the inventors of RISC OS) and any equivalent name.

Serif fonts

  • Bookmark (4, B, Bookman)

  • Paladin (4, B, Palatino)

Sans Serif fonts

  • Vogue (4, B, Avant Garde)

Script fonts

  • Chaucer (1, B, Zapf Chancery)

Symbol fonts

  • Selwyn (1, A, Dingbats)

  • Sidney (1, A, Symbol)

4.3 Text Size

Size - Set text size (Range: 1pt to 1000pt to 2 decimal places).

4.4 Case Settings

Normal - Case as text was typed.
Title - Intial letters of words are capitalised.
All caps - All letters are capitalised
Small caps - Display lower-case letters as small capitals (size is definable for document).

4.5 Text Colour

Foregrnd - Set text foreground colour using standard colour picker.
Backgrnd - Set text background colour using standard colour picker.

4.6 Text Scaling, Tracking and Kerning

Hscale - Expand or Compress text horizontally (Range: 10% to 1000% in 1% steps).
Track - Track selected text (Range: -1000 to +1000 in 1/1000 EM steps).
V shift - Shift text up or down from baseline (Range: -100% to 100% in 1% steps).

4.7 Text Rotation and Skewing

Rotate - Rotate text clockwise or anti-clockwise (Range: -180° to +179° in 1° steps).
Skew - Skew text forwards or backwards (Range: -80° to +80° in 1° steps).

4.8 Text Underlining

The following text underlining options are provided:

Word - Underline words only.
Double - Double underline.
Width - Specify underline thickness.
Colour - Specify underline colour.

4.9 Strikeout

The following text strikeout options are provided:

Width - Specify strikeout thickness.
Colour - Specify strikeout colour.

4.10 Miscellaneous Effects

Bold - Embolden text by choosing bold version of font.
Italic - Italicise text by choosing italic or oblique version of font.
Superscript - Superscript text (size is definable for document).
Subscript - Subscript text (size is definable for document).
Reverse - Reverse-out text by swapping foreground and background colours.



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