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CorelDRAW lets you preview fonts before you use them. You can also preview a font in all available styles, such as bold and italic.
You can also easily identify a font in the text portion of a graphic design. CorelDRAW lets you capture a sample of the graphic and automatically upload it to www.whatthefont.com for identification.
| To identify a font | |
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Click Text  WhatTheFont?!
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Drag the cursor to create a marquee around the font that you want to identify.
Click inside the capture area, or press Enter to complete the capture. To cancel,
press Esc.
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On the WhatTheFont?! Web site, the font you captured is displayed. |
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Follow the directions on the WhatTheFont?! Web site to complete the font
identification.
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The ideal letter height for the best search result is about 100 pixels. Capture
only uppercase or lowercase letters, not numbers or special characters. Make
sure that the captured text is horizontal and that the letters do not touch.
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| To preview a font | |
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Click the Text tool  .
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On the property bar, click the Font list box.
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The font name appears in the given font. |
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The names of symbol fonts are displayed in the default user interface font, with
examples of the symbol font appearing to the right of the symbol font name.
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If a font has other styles, such as bold or italic, you can preview them by
clicking the flyout arrow next to the font name.
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| To display fonts in a document | |
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Click Text Font list options.
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Enable the Show document fonts only check box.
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Only the fonts used in the active drawing appear in the Font list box on the property bar when the Text tool is active. |
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The fonts you used most recently are displayed at the top of the Font list box.
By default, the list displays the five most recently used fonts. You can modify
the number of fonts that appear in this list by typing a value in the Number
of most recently used fonts displayed box. The maximum number of
recently used fonts that you can display is 20.
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