9. Preferences
You can open the Preferences window from the menu bar (Monodraw > Preferences...) or by pressing Command-,.
9.1. Text
Font: Specifies the font used by the canvas and for image export (PNG & SVG).
- Anti-aliasing: Controls anti-aliasing of text.
- Subpixel Anti-aliasing: Controls subpixel anti-aliasing of text. Not available when exporting to SVG and only available in PNGs when having an opaque background.
Default alphabet: Defines the default alphabet used for new documents.
9.2. Clipboard
The settings in this section control how shapes get copied to the clipboard as plain text.
- Copy with comment style: controls text decoration.
- Comment style padding: specifies padding for the currently selected comment style.
- Trim trailing whitespace: any whitespace at the end of lines will be removed.
9.3. Canvas
- Show vertical lines for new documents: controls vertical grid lines.
- Show horizontal lines for new documents: controls horizontal grid lines.
- Show line columns for new documents: controls line columns ruler.
- Show line numbers for new documents: controls line numbers ruler.
- Page guide at column: specifies whether a page guide appears and defines its position.
- Apply selection shape style on create: if a single shape is selected on the canvas and another shape of the same type is created, the new shape will take the style of the currently selected shape.
9.4. Interface
- Animate sidebar: controls animation for the sidebar (shape tree).
- Animate assistant: controls animation for the assistant.
- Show characters tab when using the pencil: defines whether any pencil-like tools will trigger an automatic switch to the characters tab.