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A fountain fill is a smooth progression of two or more colors that adds depth to an object. Fountain fills are also known as gradient fills.
There are four types of fountain fills: linear, radial, conical, and square. A linear fountain fill flows in a straight line across the object, a conical fountain fill creates the illusion of light hitting a cone, a radial fountain fill radiates from the center of the object, and a square fountain fill is dispersed in concentric squares from the center of the object.
There four types of fountain fills (left to right): linear, radial, conical, and square.
You can apply preset fountain fills, two-color fountain fills, and custom fountain fills to objects. Custom fountain fills can contain two or more colors, which you can position anywhere in the fill’s progression. After you create a custom fountain fill, you can save it as a preset.
When you apply a fountain fill, you can specify attributes for the fill type you choose, such as the direction of a fill’s color blend, the fill’s angle, center point, midpoint, and edge pad. You can also adjust the print and display quality of the fountain fill by specifying the number of fountain steps. By default, the fountain step setting is locked so that the print quality of the fountain fill is determined by the value specified in the print settings and the display quality is determined by the default value you set. However, you can unlock the fountain steps setting and specify a value that applies to both the print and view quality of the fill. For information about setting fountain fill steps for printing, see Fine-tuning print jobs.
| To apply a preset fountain fill |  |
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Select an object.
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Click Edit  Object properties.
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In the Object properties docker, click the Fountain fill button
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fountain fill options.
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Select a fountain fill type.
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Click the arrow button
 to display more fill options.
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Choose a fill from the Fill presets list box.
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You can also apply a preset fountain fill by clicking the Fountain fill button
in the toolbox and choosing a fill from the Fountain fill dialog box.
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You can add a color to a fountain fill by dragging a color from the color palette
to an object’s interactive vector handle.
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| To apply a two-color fountain fill | |
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Select an object.
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Click Edit Object properties.
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In the Object properties docker, click the Fountain fill button
to display
fountain fill options.
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Select a fountain fill type.
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Enable the Two-color blend option.
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Open the From color picker, and click a color.
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Open the To color picker, and click a color.
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Move the fill midpoint slider to adjust the color progression between the start and
end fill colors.
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Click the arrow button to display more fill options.
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Specify the settings you want.
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You can also apply a two-color fountain fill by clicking the Interactive fill tool
 in the toolbox and choosing a fountain fill from the Fill type list box on the
property bar.
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You can mix colors in a two-color fountain fill by selecting one of the
interactive vector handles, pressing Ctrl, and clicking a color on the color
palette.
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You can add a color to a fountain fill by dragging a color from the color palette
to an object’s interactive vector handle.
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| To apply a custom fountain fill | |
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Select an object.
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Click Edit Object properties.
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In the Object properties docker, click the Fountain fill button
to display
fountain fill options.
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Select a fountain fill type.
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Enable the Custom-color blend option.
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Click the first color swatch above the color band, open the Current color picker,
and click a color on the color palette.
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Click the end color swatch above the color band, open the Current color picker,
and click a color on the color palette.
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To adjust the midpoint between the colors, double-click between the two color
swatches on the color band, and drag the new color swatch.
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If you want to specify the exact position of the midpoint, type a value in the Position box. |
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Click the arrow button to display more fill options.
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Specify the attributes you want.
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You can also apply a custom fountain fill by doing one of the following:
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clicking the Fountain fill button
in the toolbox, and specifying the
fill attributes in the Fountain fill dialog box
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clicking the Interactive fill tool
in the toolbox, and dragging colors
from the color palette in the document window onto the object’s
interactive vector handles
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| To change the fountain fill print and display quality | |
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Select an object.
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In the toolbox, click the Interactive fill tool
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Choose a fountain fill from the Fill type list box on the property bar.
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Click the Lock fountain steps
 button on the property bar, type a value in the
Fountain steps box, and press Enter.
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When the Fountain steps box is locked, the number of steps in the printed
fountain fill is determined by the value specified in the Print dialog box. For
information about setting fountain fill steps for printing, see Fine-tuning print
jobs.
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| To set the display quality for fountain fills | |
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Click Tools Options.
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In the list of categories, double-click Workspace, and click Display.
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Type a value in the Preview fountain steps box.
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