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Formatting text or field cast members with Lingo

In addition to formatting text in any chunk expression, Lingo can specify anti-aliasing and kerning for an entire text cast member and control the appearance of the text's bounding rectangle.

Setting anti-aliasing and kerning with Lingo

Use Lingo to specify anti-aliasing and kerning for a text cast member.

| To specify whether Director anti-aliases text in a text cast member, set the `antiAlias` cast member property. See `antiAlias`.
| To specify the size at which anti-aliasing in a text cast member takes effect, set the `antiAliasThreshold` cast member property. See `antiAliasThreshold`.
| To specify automatic kerning for a text cast member, set the `kerning` cast member property. See `kerning`.
| To specify the size at which automatic kerning for a text cast member takes effect, set the `kerningThreshold` cast member property. See `kerningThreshold`.

Formatting text boxes with Lingo

Lingo can specify the type of box that surrounds a text or field cast member. For field cast members, Lingo can also specify box characteristics such as borders, margins, drop shadows, and height.

| To specify the type of box around a text or field, set the `boxType` cast member property. See `boxType`.
| To specify the size of the border around a field, set the `border` field cast member property. See `border`.
| To specify the size of the margin inside a field's box, set the `margin` field cast member property. See `margin`.
| To specify the size of the drop shadow for a field's box, set the `boxDropShadow` field cast member property. See `boxDropShadow`.
| To specify the height of a field's box on the Stage, set the `pageHeight` field cast member property. See `pageHeight`.

Setting text autotabbing and wrapping with Lingo

Lingo can set text autotabbing and wrapping.

| To specify autotabbing for text or field cast members, set the `autoTab` cast member property. See `autoTab`.
| To specify whether lines wrap in a field cast member, set the `wordWrap` cast member property. See `wordWrap`.