Fonts: How to Use 'Em
There are several ways to select a particular typeface for text.
First, with your program's text cursor (the familiar I-beam) blinking and ready, you can go to the Font menu and select a font to use. Though you haven't typed a single character, you've now assigned that font to that cursor position, and as soon as you start typing, your text will appear in the typeface you chose. If you move your cursor to a new position, though, the program will forget your font choice.
Another way to use a font is to select a passage of text and then choose a font from the Font menu. When you click OK, the selected text will appear in that font.
Mac OS X includes a new tool called the Font panel to help you select a font. (The built-in ... |
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