

However, if the last line is wider than 1.5 inches, Canvas justifies the line. If the last line is less than 1.5 inches wide, Canvas does not justify the line. For full-justified text: To tell Canvas when the last line of a paragraph is wide enough to be justified (flush with both right and left margins), enter a percentage in the “Justify Last Line Within” box e.g., you create a two-inch wide, full-justified paragraph and tell Canvas to justify the last line within 75%.Only the last line in a paragraph is unaffected by the “Minimum line widths” setting. The percentage tells Canvas to adjust letter and word spacing so that each line is at least as wide as specified e.g., if you create a two-inch wide, left-justified paragraph and set the minimum line width to 75%, Canvas adjusts the spacing so that each line is at least 1.5 inches wide. For right-, left-, and center-justified text: To set the “Minimum line widths,” enter a percentage in the text box.Depending on the type of justification applied to the text, use the following options on the Paragraph tab:.Click the Paragraph tab to bring it to the front, if necessary.Open the Type palette by choosing Text | Type.To apply the spacing settings to the preset format: Deselect all objects.

To set the spacing before typing a new paragraph: Place the insertion point at the beginning of the paragraph.To set spacing for only one paragraph, place the insertion point anywhere in the paragraph. To change existing text: Select the paragraphs or text objects.Depending on how you want the letter and word spacing settings to apply, do one of the following:.In addition, Canvas has letter- and word-spacing parameters to let you specify minimum, maximum, and desired spacing guidelines. You can specify a minimum line width for a paragraph to reduce raggedness. You are here: Text & Typography > Formatting text > Adjusting letter and word spacing Adjusting letter and word spacingĭepending on the type of justification you choose, you might want to adjust letter and word spacing to reduce raggedness or eliminate unusual spacing e.g., left-justified paragraphs might appear too ragged on the right edge, and full-justified paragraphs might have large spaces between characters and words.
