Use the following commands for advanced text formatting.
Command | Description | Notes |
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\dn N | Subscript without font size change. |
Position in half-points; default is 6. |
\up N | Superscript without font size change. |
Position in half-points; default is 6. |
\kerning N | Disable/enable at specified font size. |
Font size in half-points, above which to apply kerning; 0 to disable kerning; default is 1 for kerning all font sizes over ½ point. |
\kerningoptical | Select optical kerning. |
textPs= only. |
\kerningmetric | Select metric kerning. |
Default. |
\expnd N | Modify character spacing. |
Positive or negative quarter-points; default is 0. |
\expndtw N | Modify character spacing. |
Positive or negative twips. |
\charscalex N | Horizontal character scaling. |
Positive or negative percent; default is 100. |
\charscaley N | Vertical character scaling. |
Positive or negative percent; default is 100; Scene7 extension. \charscaley also scales line spacing when applied with text= . textPs= always preserves line spacing regardless of the amount of vertical character scaling. |
\ltrch | Select left-to-right character flow. |
Default. |
\rtlch | Select right-to-left character flow. |
text= only. |
\copyfit N | Enable copy-fitting and set largest allowed font size. |
Font size in half-points; textPs= only; Scene7 extension. |
\copyfitlines N | Maximum copy-fit lines (soft limiting). |
0 for no line limitation; textPs= only; Scene7 extension. |
\copyfitmaxlines N | Maximum copy-fit lines (truncating). |
textPs= only; Scene7 extension. |
\baselinedir N | Character orientation. |
textPs= only; ignored for non-Roman fonts; ignored when \stextflow1 is not in effect. 0 vertical (default). 1 rotated 90 degrees clockwise. |