This new XTension is a must for designers and other XPress users who need to produce headline and display text to a precise visual size. XactHeight allows type sizes to be specified by stating the visual height of capital letters or of the lowercase x-height.
The user may select from two operating modes. Palette mode provides a small, unobtrusive palette which continuously tracks and displays the visual height of the characters at the cursor position and also features convenient "up" and "down" buttons to interactively increase or decrease the type size. Dialog mode, for the more occasional user, opens a dialog box on demand and includes a handy "Apply" button.
Both modes allow measurements to be displayed and entered in millimeters, points, or inches, regardless of the units set in XPress Preferences.
