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152 Drawing Lines and Shapes

Type a new line width into the text box on the STANDARD control bar or
choose the default line thickness from the menu.
Or position the mouse pointer over the edge of a line or shape, hold down Ctrl + Shift and
use your mouse wheel to rapidly adjust the outline width. This works whether or not the
line/shape is selected.

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Line thickness is traditionally measured in points, abbreviated to pt. 1 point is 1/72 of an
inch (about 0.3mm), which is slightly less than the thickness of one screen pixel when
viewed at 100% zoom.
You can enter the thickness value in any unit, and Xara Web Designer Premium will
convert it to the correct number of Points. E.g. you can enter 0.5cm, and you will get a
line half a centimeter thick, but it will show just over 14pt in the line width field.

If you have no object selected and you change the line thickness value, this changes the
default for all new lines.

Note: A zero width line is a special case, and should not normally be used. This draws a
line one device-pixel wide. The actual size will therefore depend on the device the
drawing is displayed on. On a monitor screen one pixel is clearly visible and is never
shown anti-aliased. On devices such as printers and particularly on image setters, which
have a much higher resolution, the line is almost invisible (zero width lines in imported
files are converted to 0.25pt).

Line Gallery

The LINE GALLERY can be used to apply a range of line styles or attributes, such as brush
strokes, dash patterns, arrow heads, and more.
To display the LINEGALLERY:

• Choose "UTILITIES" > "LINE GALLERY"
• Or click the LINE GALLERY tab on the GALLERIES tab.

The LINEGALLERY is split into sections. To open or close any section, click on the small folder