Tutorial
Set Display Type on Page Three

Type doesn't just provide information. It can also serve a strong visual role in your designs. Sahafi gives you the kind of exacting control over type you need to set display type.

  1. Select the text block tool in the Tools palette.

  2. While holding down the Command key, draw a text block on page 3 from the second grid rectangle in the top row of the grid to the last grid rectangle in the second row of the grid. The text block snaps to the grid with an insertion point selected.

  3. Type "Hopi."

  4. Press Command-4 to switch to Actual Size view.

  5. Choose Select All from the Edit menu.

  6. Choose Type Specs from the Format menu. The Type Specifications dialog box appears.

  7. Press the current font and choose New Century Schoolbook from the list that appears.

  8. Type 90 in the Size box.

  9. Press the Tab key to select the current Leading and type 100.

  10. Click the Bold style option. Some of the type specifications you can set with the Specifications command are not displayed in the Specifications dialog box. You need to click a button to work with them.

  11. Click the Horiz Spacing button. The Horizontal Spacing dialog box appears. It allows you to select options for the horizontal spacing of the text you selected. The lower portion of the dialog box lets you specify tracking or letterspacing for selected text, in units as small as one-thousandth of an em. Regardless of the units of measure you selected in the Preferences dialog box, some specifications-such as tracking and letterspacing - are always expressed in ems. By working in ems, you ensure that your specifications make sense for type, even if you change its size later.

  12. Press the Tab key until the current Track specification is selected and type .075 (75 thousandths of an em).

  13. Click OK in the Horizontal Spacing dialog box.

  14. Click OK in the Type Specifications dialog box.