Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Limits to the Touch Type tool
The Touch Type tool works on only one character at a time, but several
characters may be affected by a single transformation. You can't reposition a
character past the first character to its left. You can't skew or flip a character.
Characters added within a word will take on any transformation of the
character preceding them, unless you first select a following character,
effectively replacing it with a new glyph, then type it in again.
Using the Search field for fonts
Before CC, the search field in the Control and Character panels allowed us to
type the first few letters of a font name, and Illustrator would immediately
jump to the first exact match in our font list. If we opened the list box, we
could then continue to scroll through the list of fonts to find other results
manually. Now we have added choices to make it easier to search. You'll have
the option to restrict your results to matching only the first word in the name
or to include any font with a matching string anywhere in its name. The list
then automatically opens to the first word match (if there is one), plus all the
rest that have a matching string, and only matching results are in the list.
You can restrict the number of search results you get for any given string by
typing additional strings; type “scri” and all fonts with “script” in the name
will get displayed, with those fonts that begin with Script listed at the top.
Type a space to add a new string, then “bl”, and now only fonts that contain
both those strings, such as Snell Roundhand Black Script, are displayed.
Another way to get that particular font listed in the search results would be to
type “ro ha” (for “Roundhand”). Really, you can search on almost anything
you remember about a font's name, then narrow the search by adding a new
string for any other part of its name. When you have a string in the font
search field, clicking on the alphanumeric character X at the right clears the
field for a new search. If you just want to browse in the Control panel without
searching, the list also indicates if any additional styles of a font are available
by displaying a down-pointing triangle. Twirl it open to see all the styles
contained in that font family.
