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.