Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Styles allow you to quickly format your text. A style can contain
formatting for individual characters (such as bold or italic) or for
an entire paragraph (like hyphenation or alignment). They are
typically used in page layout applications, but have made their
way into Photoshop CS6. If you find yourself working with text
a lot, using styles can add consistency and save time.
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Type styles have a
hierarchi-
cal
relationship. The paragraph
style affects all of the text for a
paragraph, whereas a character
style can override it and modify
individual letters or words within.
Both can be replaced by format-
ting individual characters using
the Character panel.
Character Styles
The Character Styles panel can be accessed by choosing
Window > Character Styles. The panel is used to specify the
look of individual characters
or words. To create a character
style, simply select a character
or word and modify its style
using the Character panel. Then
click the Create New Character
Style button at the bottom of the
Character Styles panel. If you
want to closely see the content
of the style, just double-click it in
the list. You can then name the style as well as see all the proper-
ties that have been applied.
Paragraph Styles
The creation and use of Para-
graph Styles is nearly identical
to Character Styles. A para-
graph style has all of the same
styles as a character except
it applies a style to an entire
paragraph (regardless of what's
selected). The paragraph style
also allows for options to con-
trol line indents, alignment, and hyphenation. To properly use the
Paragraph Styles options, be sure to double-click a style and view
all of its properties (updating where needed).
