Change Text Default Color
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When I create a new text box, the color is black, but it's not a pure black
The color is not in the bottom left corner. I tried changing the color before making a text box and it still defaulted in the less than pure black color.
I was looking in the preferences>text section to see if I could set a default color but I did not see that option.
Would it make sense to have this default color be as dark a black as possible?
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I'm guessing from doing some research - that the setting is at 100% black, not rich black. Seeing a diagram on google and comparing it to the settings in VS when i adjust the color
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@Boldline If the document is in CMYK color mode, it's best for the text color to default to standard 100K black (C0 M0 Y0 K100), so you only need one plate — the black plate (if it's only text).
Otherwise you would get 4 plates just for black text — much higher cost, possibly having to remake the black plate because the text is not at 100% black, and also registration issues nobody needs ("ghosting").
If however you want a darker black for text intended for print, and if that black text sits on some other lighter colored objects, setting the fill of that text to overprint will make it darker because it will be combined with the colors under it.
