# Formatting Text

Use the Properties dialog box to select the font type and other attributes you want to apply to the text.

To display the text object’s font properties:

1. If the Properties dialog box is not already open, select Window > Show Properties.

2. If it is not selected, click the Font tab.

3. You can use this tab to select a new font and other text characteristics. You can select all or a part of the text that has already been typed or select properties that will apply to text you are about to type.

- Use the first drop-list to select the font you want to apply to the text. The list will display all of the fonts on your system, however only vector fonts can be used to create a text object.
- Use the Size drop-list to select the text point size, and the Bold and Italics buttons to change the thickness and angle of the characters. If italicized or boldface versions of this font are not installed on your system, these buttons will be disabled.
- Use the Kerning field to fine-tune the spacing between characters. You can select the Auto Kern option to set the kerning automatically, based on the font’s predefined standard. Negative numbers decrease spacing between each characters and positive numbers increase it.
- Use the buttons to select the paragraph Alignment. You can left, center, right and full justify text.
- Enter a value in the Indent field to decrease or increase the indentation on the first line of text.
- Enter a value in the Line Spacing field to decrease or increase the space between each line of text.

See Also
Creating Text
Changing Text Color
Converting Text Into Separate Objects