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More about Working with Fonts (continued)

Above the list of fonts Filter Fonts by Classification When the mouse cursor hovers over a font in the list, two
in the Font panel, you can additional icons appear on the right side of the panel for the
use the Filters options to Show Favorite Fonts highlighted font .
show only certain fonts in Show Recently Added Fonts
the panel . Clicking the Show Activated (Adobe) Fonts
Filter Fonts by
Classification button opens a menu where you can find fonts Show Similar Fonts
of a certain style (serif, sans serif, etc .), as well as fonts with
specific properties: Add to Favorites

Move the cursor over a font
Move the cursor to reveal additional options.
over an icon to
see the font style. You can click the Show Similar Fonts button to show only
fonts similar to one you selected; clicking the Back hot-text
Weight Width link returns to the full Font panel .
x-height Contrast
Type case Number Positioning

– Weight, or the thickness of strokes in the letterforms
– Width of the individual letterforms
– x-height, or the ratio of lowercase letter height
compared to uppercase
– Contrast, or the ratio of thin strokes compared to thick
strokes in individual letterforms
– Typecase, or whether a font includes both uppercase
and lowercase or all capitals/small caps
– Number positioning, which refers to whether numbers
all align to the baseline or extend above or below the
baseline
Clicking the Add to Favorites button designates a font as a
When you use any of the filtering options, the Font panel Favorite; Favorite fonts are identified by a solid star icon even
shows only fonts that match the selected filter . You can click when the cursor is not hovering over that particular font . You
the Clear All link in the top-right corner of the panel to restore can also use the Filtering option at the top of the panel to
the default font list . show only Favorite fonts .

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