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12:00 AM
Wait, here it is on youtube
 
12:15 AM
Does this file work for anyone? ge.tt/7VfiYnJ/v/0?c
 
Hmm... Questionable .exe is questionable.
 
I'm going back to a bunch of old stuff I did in my first semester of college, trying to see if I can do anything with any of it.
@Yawus Personally approved by me.
It's an animation.
 
That's not saying much... (jk)
 
Trying to figure out what dependencies I set up the original .fla with.
i.e. does that .exe work without needing the audio and .fla nearby?
 
I'm hearing things.
And seeing things.
 
12:17 AM
@Yawus Press 's'.
So, it's playing?
Ah good, that makes it easier to do things with.
 
Yep.
 
@Yawus Do you have flash player on your machine?
 
Yeah.
 
Can you go back to the link (ge.tt/7VfiYnJ?c) and try the .swf now?
 
Although with HTML5 out, I might not need it anymore.
 
12:19 AM
I think I fixed the font dependency, but I might not have.
 
There's a .exe and a .swf
 
Oh, I mean the .swf
@Yawus .swf I meant
 
That one ain't working.
 
@Yawus What's happening?
 
Steeling myself for the end of the world.
I might be getting a Mac tonight.
 
12:21 AM
That doesn't help me.
 
Ah, talking about the .swf?
It's just not playing.
 
@Yawus Y...yes...
Is it giving you an error of any kind?
 
Nope.
 
It's just blank.
 
Yep.
 
12:23 AM
Maybe you downloaded it before it was done uploading?
 
Filesize is 1.1MB, right?
 
Hm. Yes.
It plays okay for ME, but that's with everything here.
The .exe is like 6 mb
 
6.7, but yeah.
 
@Yawus Do you get a dotted 'loading' line?
@Yawus 6.47
 
Nope, nothing.
 
12:24 AM
...Huh. That's disappointing.
 
Huh. I'm reading 6.7MB here.
 
I guess I'll just give up on that one.
@Yawus Weird, says 6.7 on Ge.tt too.
 
plays creepy music
and then wanders off to disinfect his computer
 
Sounds good.
Okay, this is getting ridiculous.
 
12:28 AM
@Yawus Hm?
 
My family apparently doesn't know how plugging in cables work(s).
It's the fourth time I've had Internet troubles this week only to find out that the problem was easily solved by pushing the cable in until it clicked.
 
@Yawus Heh.
 
And they all complain to me about why their YouTube videos stop streaming.
I should probably play more games. There aren't many current questions on Arqade that I can answer.
I haven't touched D3 and I try to avoid most multiplayer FPSs on principle. TF2's pretty much the only exception.
 
@Yawus Welcome, dear brother.
I haven't answered a question on the site in months.
Well, except for this
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A: Strategies for Tap Tap Revenge 4?

GnomeSlicEI find the best way to do it is to use three fingers, one per lane. If that doesn't work, just try experimenting with different variations of where you hold your hand. Some people play with two fingers, some with only one (except for the multi-note sections, obviously).

 
I might end up just asking and answering my own questions that I feel need to be out there.
 
12:37 AM
@Yawus Go for it.
 
Prepare for a flood of Atelier Meruru, Recettear, and Dragon's Dogma questions.
And by "flood", I mean "trickle that you could wipe up with a single scrap of toilet paper".
 
@Yawus Which brand?
 
Cottonelle.
 
Ah. That sort of trickle...
This weekend I need to record a video answer to the question I haven't asked yet about Out There Somewhere.
 
12:59 AM
I suck balls at Soul Cabular V.
 
@GnomeSlicE sorry bout the delay. I'm working on your coin right now. the problem was that you uv map got sort of messed up after the mess smooth, extrudes, etc. I'll propperly create the map for you and do some simple textures. You can take it from there.
 
@QAzer Do whatever you want with it.
I don't think I'm going to bother trying to actually do the project I had in mind.
 
Why not? it looks like a decent idea (from what I've seen).
 
I haven't told you anything about it.
Hah, someone else just downloaded my aquadelic GT config
6 times, so far.
 
@GnomeSlicE I can get an idea by looking at it
 
1:07 AM
@QAzer There's nothing to show.
 
i'll make something, up you tell me if you like it or not.
@GnomeSlicE does the student ver support mental ray?
 
Yes, but really, most of what I had in mind didn't involve 3D software, and I've no idea how good you are in After Effects.
Just don't worry about it.
It was going to end up way outside my skill level anyway.
 
@GnomeSlicE Don't fret. Everyone's gotta start somewhere. I'm just okay with AfterFx.
 
@GnomeSlicE not bad. nicely done.
 
1:19 AM
@QAzer Not mine, obviously.
I had a 3D environment like that in mind though.
Check this guy out, wow.
 
I had the idea that you wanted to mario styled coin with the old gaming SE logo coming out of a box or mario brick block as some sort of eyecatch
 
@QAzer Not really, it was just going to be floating next to the name 'arqade community' at the end of a short trip through a 3D environment much like the one in that ONN video I linked.
 
@GnomeSlicE I liked this show reel better: partiallyfrozen.com
@GnomeSlicE that would probably take a while to do (1-2 weeks, from storyboarding to rendering) then who know how long to render it. a quick 5-10s eyecatch intro might be more feasible
 
1:48 AM
Dear Blizzard, I am tired of finding shields, axes, and two handed swords. I can use none of these things. K, thanks - Spugsley
 
user15026
@spugsley :(
 
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Q: Can someone make me a premade Bukkit server using these plugins?

CorrosevI'd like to host a server for me and my friends, it won't be public, it will just be me and my three other friends. Im a big noob at coding and Bukkit's permissions system and everything, so this little favor would be appreciated! I'd like to have these mods: 1. Essentials 2. Some sort of econo...

 
user15026
@Lazers Is this like a "givemetehcodez" scenario?
 
I just fought Sorrow Wormboiler
I'm going to name my first born child Sorrow Wormboiler
3
 
@Ashley i dont think its as big as that, just that the person said coding cause they thinks that needed.... the only thing close to being codeing is the permissions system i think
 
user15026
2:00 AM
@GarethJones I meant it more in a "I don't want to learn, just do it for me" sort of thing
 
@AshleyNunn i guess it is a bit.... however i think a could answer would be a mix of both. Like doing half the permissions system for them as examples so they can do the rest
@AshleyNunn i think the permissions is the hardest part to both lurn and teach from whtat they are asking
 
@AshleyNunn I agree with you... perhaps it could have been better worded, maybe"someone help me make a..." instead of "make me a..."
 
I'm not sure if that's something you should edit in though.
Maybe post a comment as to how SE works.
 
user2334
That's totally a recruitment post. He/she/it has no interest in doing anything themselves
 
Hmm... looking through it in more detail, does definitely read like a plzsendtehcodez situation.
 
user15026
2:15 AM
@MarkTrapp That's what I thought.
 
I think might be salvageable as a question about bukkit permissions.
 
Whoo, made my 3rd deadline!
Almost didn't do it since the customers kept selling me their stuff...
 
user15026
Apropos of nothing, I am making this bacon peanut brittle tomorrow afternoon. :D
 
user2334
@QAzer I don't think it's possible without rejecting the author's intent. Better off closing it and reasking if it's a question worth having on the site
 
user2334
Or at least leaving a comment asking if the asker wants that and not someone to do all the work for them
 
2:17 AM
Yeah... given what has happened in the past with too much editing
Just close/delete the original, and if the author still wants to ask the bit that is acceptable just have him ask again
 
Man, I'm rather that user asked that question1!
Because now I'm heading to bed, and the last thing I got to do tonight was close a question!
Closing a Question = Best way to the end the day.
tortoise swoosh
 
@GnomeSlicE The kinetic typography swf works for me, takes a while to load.
 
OMGOMGOMGOMG I JUST BEAT THE BUTCHER MYSELF AND GOT TWO FUCKING ACHIEVEMENTS ON INFERNO!
 
@spugsley OYG GRATZ!
 
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Q: How many Collectors (Probe/Drone/SCV) do you have to kill for a raid to be worth it?

GWLlosaSo frequently, I find myself raiding the enemy base with some fast harasser unit (example: Mutalisks) and I find that the enemy mineral line is defended in some way (example: marines/photon cannons). Now I know that each Mutalisk costs me 100 crystal and 100 gas, but I also know that each Collec...

 
user15026
2:28 AM
@spugsley YAY
 
hey with that question from Lazers, wouldit be fair to remove the Macro tag from it?
...
 
I think it would be appropriate.
 
kk, cause thats what ive done
cause how is it a macro?
 
-5
A: What is the difference between Elysium, Kilik, and Edge Master?

lolIdk your a dumbass for looking on Arqade

 
That tag should probably get a summary.
 
2:33 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, user of the year.
 
if he's not a troller then god help us
 
@QAzer I was thinking of doing it just to see if I could, but I honestly have 0 idea where to start.
@GarethJones I think he just doesn't understand how the site works.
@GarethJones Also, have you asked @QAzer what he thinks of your logo?
I know I haven't given you very much feedback.
 
@GnomeSlicE Thats a big gap between not knowing how the site works and trying to piss people off
 
@GarethJones Well, he's also probably a gamer.
 
@GnomeSlicE and i changed it a bit more.... added the motto "Making Gaming Simple" to the blank space
@GnomeSlicE so ill upload the new copy adn then ask what he thinks
 
2:36 AM
I love some people's weird hypocrisy though.
 
@GarethJones I think you need a new approach to the logo shape, the 'L' shape leaves too much whitespace.
 
@GnomeSlicE indeed
 
"This site is worthless. I should make an account here to comment on that."
 
@QAzer Ah, did this guy do the VFS for the new TRON movie?
 
i think that was what he was thinking
 
2:36 AM
SFULGHK,ERV HE DID TRON AND SUCKER PUNCH
Jesus Christ, and G.I. Joe. I saw part of that on TV the other day and the effects were incredible
 
FUCK YES LEGENDARY BRACERS
 
user15026
@spugsley YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY I am assuming this is something you can actually use?
 
oh wowo
cool chat system
and stackexchange just got that much better in my eye
@GnomeSlicE thats the new logo
@QAzer What do you think of this logo?
@GnomeSlicE part of me does want to fill the whitespace with the Arqade.com Logo
 
@GnomeSlicE Start with storyboarding the key frames
@GnomeSlicE yes among other things
@GarethJones Can I ask the context of the logo?
 
@QAzer Logo for a gaming youtube channel
 
2:41 AM
1. Realize that the Merchant's Guild master placed an order for 2 items two days.
2. Notice you don't have those two items.
3. Go the the Merchant's Guild and buy those two items.
4. Sell them back to the guildmaster after massive price inflation.
5. ???
6. Profit.
^ Recettear in a nutshell.
 
@QAzer nothing big, just something i wanted to do in my spare time
@QAzer google Layman Gaming and youll find it, not that there is much to find
ok then....
 
The economy in this game is even more broken than the real world's right now and I love it.
 
@GarethJones The bg you have now is goof for your youtube bg, but as a logo placing "layman" vertically makes it hard to read
 
@spugsley Bleargh
Still haven't found any legendaries.
 
@QAzer good point.... anything you would recommend to fix that?
 
2:44 AM
@GarethJones I think you should stack it like how you have it on your youtube bg, but horizontally instead of vertically. Since it's your name most of the focus should be on those 2 words. Also "i" before "m" ;)
 
Tangentially, I just had a realization. Should Arqade host questions about industry and related subjects such gaming journalism?
 
@QAzer OH GOD (comment on spelling)
@QAzer you mean like having each letter up right, and "scroll" down?
 
@spugsley Nice, how much MF did you have when they dropped? (I assume 5 NV was there too)
 
@GarethJones I mean stacking "Layman" and "Gaming" (so it's laying) on top of each other so it reads horizontally. no need to adjust the tracking (letter spacing) of "Gaming." For "Making Gaming Simple," try to right justify "simple" and increase the letter spacing to give a bit more emphasis to it (it's not very noticeable since "making gaming" is bigger than "simple").
 
@fbueckert Most of them are crap - look up 'Thing of the Deep' and 'Blind Faith' :( I actually hoped to use Thing on a WD while leveling, except he hasn't even got to 26 and can actually find better offhands without visiting AH
 
2:52 AM
@fbueckert I still haven't found any good legendaries D:
 
Also, if anyone is playing a monk - you should try out infinite tempest rush; I can't use it on Inferno but it is a blast to run through Hell A3
 
@QAzer with the laying thing, do you mean kinda like this? db.tt/VM4fSh6D
 
I miss the set items in Diablo 2 that give you fun cosmetic effects
 
Same here - I can understand some of the on hit was OP; but I also miss just having the sets drop at all ... I haven't seen a single one; and buying a recipe & crafting it just doesn't have that excitement.
Seeing green text on crappy lore books is just a painful reminder too >_<
 
@GarethJones Yeah that works. Now do something about the. You can nest tagline in the empty space there. Try to use a different font (but not too different) so it's not confused with your logo title
 
2:57 AM
0
Q: In Pokemon Conquest is it possible to tame more than one pokemon per battle?

A.C.M.I have been playing pokemon conquest and am considering using the eevee password to get more for my hero. However Im not sure if you can link with more than 1 pokemon per battle? Does anybody know if it is possible to link more than once per battle?

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Q: How can I view my purchased DLC for my game on Steam?

Dan RasmussenIs it possible to view all of my purchased DLC for a given game on Steam? I want to know which expansions I've already bought, and pulling up the game's DLC page lists all DLC without indicating which I have purchased, even when logged in. I don't want to go view each content's page to try and fi...

 
@QAzer "do something about the."? You mean the tagline?
 
@GarethJones yes indeed. my mind wandered :P
 
@spugsley us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/5978858055 Read TheSY's post, and I can say that my Monk does find mighty belts & quivers :(
 
@QAzer might see how it looks with a font like the Starcraft 2 font
 
@GarethJones give it a shot, but since you tag line is "keep gaming simple," you should keep your fonts simple as well.
 
3:01 AM
@QAzer very good point
 
3:14 AM
@GarethJones @QAzer I don't have photoshop on this PC, but what about a layout like this instead:
 
@Alok I think I was up about 120%
 
@GnomeSlicE ohhhhh shinny..... Looks good
 
...Don't use that, it's just an MS paint thing lol
 
Ill do it in photoshop now
 
@GnomeSlicE If you do it like that someone might read it as LAYMAN LGAMING
 
3:15 AM
@QAzer ...Yeah... well not if you... hrm
 
@GnomeSlicE ... make "gaming" smaller and add a space between the the L and the G? That might just work!
 
@QAzer That's what I was going to say, actually.
 
@QAzer That it might!
 
Hang on.
 
Right.... time to put my rather limited photoshop skills to work
 
3:17 AM
@GarethJones If you have access to it, Illustrator is better for typography. Scalable vectors ftw.
 
Except, lined up better.
Use the bottom of the 'L' as the space
 
@GnomeSlicE that works.
 
It does indeed
 
@GarethJones I have a pretty substantial font library, I can pick some out for you to look at tomorrow if you want.
 
getpaint.net is another good alternative if you don't have photoshop
 
3:20 AM
@GnomeSlicE That would be great
 
Inkscape is a free, open-source vector art program.
Like Illustrator.
 
"the other guy" who works with me and helps me at this end also thinks it could work
Ive got photoshop portable.....
and its also on our school PC's
right
school over, holidays time, back online in like 30min
and thanks for your help!
 
@GarethJones Which font did you use in the current one?
 
@GarethJones this is just me being picky, but the current font choice feels a bit stiff. I recommend looking a square-ish shaped block font to loosen it up a bit more :p
 
3:27 AM
0
Q: Is it okay to ask question about certain parts of the gaming industry?

YawusI know that there's an SE site for Game Development so I know those questions are right out. However, what about questions that are related to the industry but aren't covered by Game Development, such as game journalism and other 'meta' topics?

0
Q: I Need help with some of the Hero Academy Challenges!

Andrew JohansonHow do you complete the following challenges: Meet the Dwarves- Surprise attack Meet the Tribe_ pain train Thank you!

 
reminds be a law office logo... Layman and Associates xD
 
@YiJiang Fucking humanity.
 
@YiJiang maybe it's me but...
 
@QAzer Oh god
 
Yay, massive lag.
 
3:43 AM
THANK YOU DIABLO FOR DISCONNECTING ME WHEN I HAD FIVE STACKS
5
I fucking love when you do that
 
@spugsley I like to star reasons why I think Diablo 3 sucks. =D
8
 
@Fluttershy bahahaha I like this game. I will join you
and now I can't fucking log back in. Thanks Diablo, thanks
 
@Fluttershy Maybe it's just judging your taste in music.
 
@OrigamiRobot Nope. Only you seem to judge people based on their musical taste. =P
 
@Fluttershy I cannot not judge people who line up for Justin Bieber concerts
 
3:52 AM
@YiJiang Good point... I'm the same way. But I won't unfriend someone for disliking the Beatles.
 
The Beatles suck.
 
@StrixVaria Thank you!
 
@Fluttershy That's nothing. Strix hates everything.
 
I enjoy certain Beatles songs, they have such a huge variety in their music.
 
Maxwell's Silver Hammer is the only acceptable Beatles song.
 
3:56 AM
@StrixVaria I love the Steve Martin version. ^_^
 
@QAzer That Shinedown album is one of the best rock albums ever.
 
@GnomeSlicE What about The Sound Of Madness :P?
 
@QAzer Th...that's the album it's off of.
The Sound of Madness is a fantastic album.
 
@GnomeSlicE agreed.
 
4:11 AM
@QAzer I know what you mean about the law office... and same with the font
@GnomeSlicE Im using the Alien Encounter Font
OH AND P.S
im back online
 
Steam simply refuses to open on my laptop now...
 
@GarethJones No, really?
 
@GnomeSlicE yes really
 
Maybe I should try reinstalling it...
 
4:12 AM
@GnomeSlicE by refuese to open, do you mean you run it and nothing happens at all?
 
@QAzer I just discovered the pathing tool, hah.
@GarethJones I mean it hangs on the 'connecting account' thing. It often takes it 10 minutes or so on my shitty connection, but it never goes anywhere at all on my laptop any more.
 
Right time to open photoshop
 
@GnomeSlicE It would be cool to shape the title text into a guitar, while maintaining 75% of it's readability. I also like the top one a lot bot than the bottom one.
 
@GnomeSlicE it does that for me alot. Dont kow why, just seems to get pissy and will sit there for ages. Also it will NEVER start up at system start up, it will just sit there running in the background doing nothing
 
@QAzer Ah, that's a neat idea... but hrm. Also, I find there's not enough contrast between the skin and the light background, but dunno what to do about it.
@GarethJones No, it used to open after a while, but I let it try for like an hour today and it didn't open.
@QAzer A lot bot?
@QAzer I like the font on the bottom one more.
 
4:15 AM
@GnomeSlicE * a lot more
 
@GnomeSlicE i really would recomend an internet upgrade..
 
@GnomeSlicE it reminds me too much of the energy drink >:P
 
@GarethJones I need to move, then.
 
@GnomeSlicE also, with the logo thing, i dont know how good that would WAIT>... was going to say with youtubes 800x800 logo, but just had an idea. The 800x800 could have the motto, while the smaller one the size you did would be the watermark for vids
@GnomeSlicE oh, thats why you have bad intenet..... explains a bit
 
@GarethJones Oh don't use the one I did man, I just wanted to show you the layout.
I did it in 4 seconds in MS paint.
 
4:17 AM
@GnomeSlicE i wont use it, but the size of it looks good, like busness card size
 
@QAzer Oh. With the outline?
 
@GnomeSlicE so ill remake it in photoshop with 251x107 res (or around that
 
@GarethJones That's just the largest I could get it to go in MS paint... lol.
 
@GnomeSlicE try adding a dark colored silhouetted layer of the head beneath the head and it's it slightly down and to the left
 
@QAzer Oh, like a drop shadow? Might do later, didn't even think of that...
It's a fictional company anyway.
 
4:19 AM
@GnomeSlicE overall font
 
@QAzer Nah, that font is more compressed horizontally.
But yeah... I see what you mean.
Clearly I have good taste in fonts.
 
@GnomeSlicE xD
 
that is a good font
 
@GnomeSlicE you could also shape the title text to seem more like a guitar case
 
4:21 AM
@QAzer Yeah, you said that already.
 
@GnomeSlicE i mentioned the shape, features, and color of an actual guitar. for the guitar case you can keep it black and bold it a bit more to add a weighty/bulky feeling to it's overall compsition
 
@GarethJones Can you link me to your youtube channel?
@QAzer I wouldn't know how to go about doing that.
 
@GnomeSlicE sure thing youtube.com/user/LaymanGaming
 
@Gnomeslice For the record, I didn't punitively downvote the rollback war question. I did downvote his answer, since I found it unuseful and factually wrong.
 
@EBongo That's good to hear. Do you think I'm wrong about the downvotes?
 
4:27 AM
@GnomeSlicE any real reason why you wanted it?
 
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Q: Need help with Hero Academy challenges

user28389How do you complete Switcharoo- The Council and Decisions- The Dwarves?

 
@GarethJones You don't have a channel icon, no?
 
@GnomeSlicE perhaps a gothic font face, like: blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/… ?
 
@GnomeSlicE im going to take a guess here and say no
 
@QAzer My internet has basically just stopped, I can't see any of the images here.
 
4:30 AM
@GarethJones It's an 25px high image that is up to 170px wide
@GnomeSlicE what exactly is the issue with your internets? tubes clogged? too narrow?
 
@QAzer .... where does that go... cause that dont seem too right....
 
@QAzer That must be it.
@QAzer Oh, you know the dimensions?
 
@GnomeSlicE aye
 
@GnomeSlicE oh that thing
@GnomeSlicE nop dont got one
 
@GarethJones get crack-a-lackin'~
 
4:32 AM
@QAzer How would a different font look more like a guitar case? I still need to shape the phrase, no?
 
@QAzer what?
 
@GarethJones 'Get to work'.
 
@GnomeSlicE and make it snappy
 
@GnomeSlicE i nkow that, but i havnt done the logo yet....
 
ouuuuu
 
4:33 AM
I know what "get crack-a-lackin'" means
 
Man, I really want to learn how to use Traktor.
 
@GnomeSlicE I think you just need to invoke familiarity, like invoking the feels of guitar maker logos
 
@QAzer It's a software company though.
 
i need a good font so that when increasing the size of the "L" the thickness wont get too big as well
 
I actually like the font you had, myself.
 
4:42 AM
@GnomeSlicE even if they are, they don't have to look like it
 
@Gnomeslice I think one is warranted, 5 seems a bit much. I hesitate to defend him too much, given that I think he's totally wrong about the edit itself. After reviewing the meta topic, I like the idea of opening a better question, then closing this one as too localized or exact dupe.
That lets the community decide, without forcing him to accept the edit.
 
think it need a tad bit of work
but there we go for now
 
@GnomeSlicE Example.
 
:5162166 Something not you.
 
I worked that out
DAM IT
 
4:45 AM
@QAzer What are they?
 
@GarethJones try to justify the bottom of the L with the bottom of the G. Also "I" before "M."
 
It sure looks like a software company.
 
have to fix the "SMIPLE" issue of spelling
@QAzer will do
 
@GarethJones try sticking the tagline in a box, like you have now, under the title text as one line, justified to the length of the title txt
 
@QAzer will do
 
4:51 AM
@QAzer Is there a way to crop stuff that's outside the artboard in illustrator?
 
... i dont nkow how to justified text :(
 
@GnomeSlicE just adjust the artboard accordingly or use a clipping mask
you can have multiple artboards per composition
@GarethJones just line them up so the ends match up
 
@QAzer Clipping mask?
And no, I mean, like, to remove all extraneous stuff outside the artboard because I was tiling something.
 
@QAzer oh ok......
 
@GarethJones if you were to justify the titled text, the end right side of the G should like up with the end of the N
 
4:55 AM
@QAzer the problem im hving is cause its one text box, im hving to rezise "space" as placeholders
 
@GnomeSlicE you can apply a shape to an object and it will only reveal the area of that shape... essentially hiding everything else and grouping it as one object
@GarethJones are you using photoshop?
 
@QAzer yup
@QAzer CS4 version 11
 
@GarethJones go to window>character
 
Ah ha!
 
that should bring up the character menu and let you make tweaks to the font
 
4:58 AM
it does and i can
sweet thanks
 
@GarethJones you can use the paragraph menu to align the text
 

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