What you can do with text

Editing panel for a text layer with the Text tab open.

What you can do on this page

You can find the three entry points for entering text, decorating text, and applying per-character decoration. Use the related pages below for detailed steps.

Operating procedure

Select a text layer
Click the text in the preview or choose the text layer on the right.
Adjust text in the Text tab
Set the text, font, color, size, direction, alignment, and spacing.
Add appearance settings in the Decoration tab
Add Outline, Shadow, Line, and Background as needed.
Adjust placement in the Position tab
Adjust the text anchor position, movement amount, rotation, and stacking order. The Position tab works the same way for materials and images.

Differences in decoration

Item	Description
character	You can use Outline, Shadow, Line, and Background. With per-character decoration, you can also change the color or size of selected characters only.
Materials	You can use Outline and Shadow. Line and Background are not shown for materials.
Image	You can use Outline and Shadow. Line and Background are not shown for images.

List of setting items

Item	Description
Text	Set text input, font, text color, size, text style, direction, alignment, spacing, auto-fit inside the frame, emoji and icon insertion, and layer addition.
Decoration	Adds Outline, Shadow, Line, and Background to text.
Position	Adjusts position, rotation, and stacking order.

Check points

Only text layers show Line and Background in the Decoration tab.
Use per-character decoration to apply color, size, and other settings only to selected characters.
Position is shared by text, materials, and images. Detailed steps are collected on the Position page.

When you are in trouble

If settings for materials or images are shown even though you selected text, check the selected layer in the Layers tab.

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