Documentation Text & typography

Documentation

Text & typography

Add and style text — text frames, fonts and the Font Book, formatting, styles, columns and print-grade type.

A print-grade type engine lives behind every text frame. Start with the basics of adding and styling text, then go deeper into fonts, styles and typographic controls.

Adding & editing text Add text in Popcorn Editor with the Text tool, then control how each frame resizes — auto width, auto height or a fixed box — and what happens when text overflows.
Fonts & the Font Book Change a font, browse and search the Font Book, shortlist favorites, upload your own font files, and use your system fonts in Popcorn Editor.
Character & paragraph formatting Format type in Popcorn Editor — size, weight, OpenType features, color, tracking, alignment, line height, indents and lists — at the character or paragraph level.
Paragraph & character styles Create named paragraph and character styles in Popcorn Editor, apply them across a design, redefine one style to update every use, and manage them in the style panels.
Columns & threading text Split a text frame into columns with a gutter, or thread one story across several linked frames — and handle overset text cleanly along the way.
Tables Insert a table, set header and footer rows, paste data from a spreadsheet, and format borders, banding and cells in Popcorn Editor.
Find and change text Search a document or story, replace text, use GREP patterns, and change matching styles.
Build a table of contents Generate a table of contents from paragraph styles, choose levels and leaders, and update it after editing.
Add hyperlinks to text Link selected text to a web address or another page, then check what survives PDF export.
Wrap text around an object Push text around a picture or shape, set the gap, and opt a frame out of wrapping.
Place objects inside text Insert an image or pasted object at the text cursor so it moves with the surrounding words.
Tab stops and leaders Align text in a frame with tab stops and fill the gap with dots or a line.
Page numbers and text variables Insert live page numbers, page counts, dates, and document names into text.