Font Menu

Fonts…: displays the standard OS X font panel, which also gives access to advanced typography controls (ligatures, alternate letter forms, etc.).

Colors…: displays the standard OS X color picker panel. Choosing a color from the color picker will set the color of selected text in a document. Pressing Option+Shift while choosing a color from the color picker will change the highlight color of the text (that is, the selected text's background color).

A note about font styles: OS X actually uses different fonts for Bold, Italic, etc. for higher quality text output (older computers 'faked' these by adding slant or weight). But not every option is represented for every font. Sometimes, you have many more options. Check out Helvetica Neue as an example. Note that you can change the font style of selected text easily through the drop-down menu in Bean's Inspector.

Bold

Italic

Underline

Outline

Strikethrough

Super/sub

Superscript

Subscript

Default

Raise

Lower

Bigger

Smaller

Notes Mode: When active, a contrasting font and/or color scheme applies to text typed anywhere in the document. Can be used like a teacher's red pen, to indicate notations or needed corrections. See Bean Preferences > Advanced > Notes Mode to set font or select options. Select again to toggle notes mode off.