Well, you've managed to get into the New User's group for MS Word, not a
Publisher group
but the answer will be the same there...
I take from your post that you are using a font by the name of Alfredo Heavy
Hollow and that this is apparently an "outline" font (I'm not familiar with
this font). What you want to do is fill the "hollow" with a color without
affecting the character outline.
What you're attempting to do can't be accomplished in Word or Publisher - at
least with regard to body text. You need a font editor or graphic design
program. What might work for you is to create a WordArt object using that
font. You may be able to get the effect you want, but it will be handled as
a graphic object, not as body text.
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac