Apple LiveType 2 - Manual (Page 77)

Chapter 5 Working With Text 77
Modifying Individual Characters
You can also assign attributes to individual characters on a track. All of the attributes
discussed in this chapter can apply to only one, or more than one, character on the
same track.
This is a powerful option in LiveType, particularly because it allows you to reposition
individual characters, or glyphs, without breaking their relationship to the track.
For example, with individual character adjustments, you could make one word in a
phrase float above the track, expand and glow, and then return to the track. This would
take only a few moments to animate. Or you could make a series of characters do
similar transformations, one after the other.
To modify one or more characters on a track, try the following steps:
1 Select or create a track that contains some text.
2 Select one or more letters by doing one of the following:
 Select one of the letters in the Canvas and, to modify more than one character at a
time, hold down the Shift key while selecting additional, contiguous letters. A
bounding box appears around the selected letter(s), with a handle in each of the
upper corners.
 Highlight one or more letters in one of the text-entry areas of the Inspector.
Bounding boxes appear around the selected letters in the Canvas.
 Marquis-select one or more letters in the Canvas by dragging a box with the cursor.
Any letter that touches the marquis area is selected, and reveals its bounding box.
3 Click inside the bounding box and drag the letter anywhere in the Canvas.
4 Drag the upper-left handle to rotate the letter.
Rotation handle
Sizing handle
All of the characters
reside on a single track.
Glyph bounding box