ScreenFlow User Guide
 Menus — Font

This section contains information on each item in the Font menu of ScreenFlow:

Show Fonts (commmand-T)

Shows the System Font Panel.

This Font Panel will apply to the Text Box you have selected.

Bold (command-B)

Makes the current selection in the Text Box bold.

Italic (command-I)

Makes the current selection in the Text Box italic.

Underline (command-U)

Underlines the current selection in the Text Box.

Bigger

Increases by one point the font size of the current selection in the Text Box.

Smaller

Decreases by one point the font size of the current selection in the Text Box.

Kern

Kerning means adjusting the distance between glyphs (characters) in text to make it look better balanced, for example “tucking in” the A under the V in AV. “Kern” applies to all selected text in a text box. If no characters are selected but the insertion cursor is placed between two characters, “Kern” will apply to that pair.

“Kern” has the following submenu options:

  • “Use Default” Use the default kerning built into the font.

  • “Use None” Turn off all kerning.

  • “Tighten” Decrease the distance between characters.

  • “Loosen” Increase the distance between characters.

Ligature

A ligature is a character that combines two or more other characters. For example the ligature fi combines f and i. Not all fonts contain all ligature characters, but their use is turned on by default in ScreenFlow. The “Ligature” command applies to selected text in a text box.

“Ligature” has the following submenu options:

  • “Use Default” Use ligatures if the font uses them.

  • “Use None” Do not use ligatures.

  • “Use All” Use ligatures.

Copy Style

Copies the Text style of the selected text. This does not paste the background of the text as the background is for the whole Text Box.

Paste Style (alt-command-V)

Applies the previously copied Text Style to the currently selected text. This does not paste the background of the text as the background is for the whole Text Box.

Make Text Properties Default

Will save all the current text properties for the selected Text Box clip and make them the default. When you create a new Text Box, the default text properties will be used.