Format characters

To insert superscript or subscript text
To underline, overline, or strikethrough text

You can change the position and appearance of characters by displaying them as subscript or superscript, which is useful in drawings with scientific notations. If you select an OpenType font that supports subscript and superscript, you can apply the OpenType feature. However, if you select a font, including an OpenType font, that does not support subscript and superscript, you can apply a synthesized version of the character, which CorelDRAW produces by altering the characteristics of the default font character. For more information, see OpenType features.

Artistic text with superscript (1) and subscript (2) applied

You can also add underlines, strikethrough lines, and overlines to selected characters.

Artist text with underline (1), strikethrough (2), and overline (3) applied to the text using both single and double line styles.

If you want to reuse the formatting of selected text, you can use styles or copy the text attributes and apply them to another text selection. For more information, see Styles and style sets and Copy object properties, transformations, and effects.

To insert superscript or subscript text

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1 Using the Text tool , select a character or a block of text.
If the Properties docker is not open, click Window Dockers Properties.
2 In the Properties docker, click the Character button to display the character-related options, and click the arrow for more options.
3 In the Character area of the Properties docker, click the Position button, and choose one of the following options.
• None — turns off all the features in the list
• Superscript (auto) — applies the OpenType feature if the font supports it, or applies a synthesized version if the font does not support superscript
• Subscript (auto) — applies the OpenType feature if the font supports it, or applies a synthesized version if the font does not support subscript
• Superscript (synthesized) — applies a synthesized version of the superscript feature, which looks the same as in previous versions of CorelDRAW
• Subscript (synthesized) — applies a synthesized version of the subscript feature, which looks the same as in previous versions of CorelDRAW

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Some OpenType fonts may appear to support features that are unsupported. For example, Superscript and Subscript options may appear available, but are not. If you apply one of these OpenType fonts, CorelDRAW cannot provide a synthesized version of Superscript and Subscript.

To underline, overline, or strikethrough text

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1 Using the Text tool , select a character or a block of text.
If the Properties docker is not open, click Window Dockers Properties.
2 In the Properties docker, click the Character button to display the character-related options.
3 In the Character area of the Properties docker, click the arrow button located at the bottom of Character area to display the additional character options.
4 Perform one or more tasks from the following table.

 

To
Do the following
Underline text
Click the Underline button and choose a style from the list box.
Apply a line through the selected text
Choose a style from the Character strikethrough list box.
Apply a line above the selected text.
Choose a style from the Character overline list box.

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The features documented in the Help are available in the full version of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2021. Some features may not be available in this version of the product.