How to Use Text Styles
Artboard 1.9 introduces Text Styles. Documents created and/or saved in Artboard 1.9 may use the Fonts panel to create ad-hoc and saved text styles.
Show Hide To Reset the Text Style to the Default:
With the Text [t] or Text Path [e] tool active, or with a text object selected, do one of the following:
- Click the 'Reset' button in the Format Bar to reset to the default style (Helvetica Regular 14pt).
- Click the 'Reset' button in the Style Inspector to reset to the default style (Helvetica Regular 14pt).
Show Hide To Add Text Using Existing Text Styles:
- Open the Styles & Clip Art palette.
- Choose the Text [t] or Text Path [e] tool from the Tools palette.
- Choose a text style from the Styles & Clip Art palette.
- Add your text.
- Continue adding text objects as desired (subsequent text objects have the same style properties until they are changed).
- Click the Esc-key to end editing and return to the Select tool, or choose the Select [s] tool from the main menu.
To change text styles, click once onto a different text style in the Styles & Clip Art palette and continue.
Show Hide To Apply a Different Text Style to Existing Text:
With the text object selected, do one of the following:
- Double-click a text style from the Styles & Clip Art palette.
- In the Fonts Panel, edit the style properties as desired.
- Click the 'Reset' button in the Format Bar (or Style Inspector) to reset to the default text style, edit the text style as desired.
Show Hide To "Quick Pick-up" Another Text Object's Style while Placing Text:
- Choose the Text [t] tool.
- Hold the CMND-key to activate the Style Dropper without switching tools.
- With the cursor (it will look like an empty style dropper), click a text object with the text style to be picked up.
- Release the CMND-key and continue.
Show Hide To Copy a Text Style From a Existing Text to Another:
- Choose the Style Dropper [d] tool.
- With the cursor (it will look like an empty style dropper), click a text object that you want to pick up its style.
- With the cursor (it will look like a full style dropper), click a text object(s) that you want to receive the style.
- To pick up a different text style while the Style Dropper tool is still active, press the OPTION/Alt key while clicking a text object.
- Alternatively, do the following:
- With the text object selected, right-click and choose 'Copy Style…' from the contextual menu, right-click a text object to receive the style and choose 'Paste Style…' from the contextual menu.
Show Hide To Copy a Text Style from One Text Object to Multiple Text Objects:
Do one of the following:
- Right-click the text object with the style to be picked up and choose 'Copy Style…' from the contextual menu, choose the Select [s] tool and select the text objects to receive the style, choose Edit > Style > Paste Style… from the main menu.
- Choose the Select [s] tool and select a text object with the style to be copied, choose Edit > Style > Copy Style… from the main menu, select the text objects to receive the style, choose Edit > Style > Paste Style… from the main menu.
Show Hide To Save a Text Style to the Library:
Optionally, use the Style Inspector to name your text style and add it to "My Collection…" for future use.
- Open the Style Inspector.
- Add text and use the Fonts panel to define its style properties.
- In the Style Inspector, with the text object still selected, click onto the ad-hoc style name, highlight it and type a new text style name.
- Optionally, click the text 'Optional description' and type a description for your new style.
- Click the 'Add to User's Collection…' button. The Library Manager is launched and the text style is added to My Library > My Collection.
New styles are immediately available in the Styles & Clip Art Palette where you can use them when placing text.