Text Shape
Create and format text.
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Create and format text.
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A Text Shape can also be created in the using the tool. With the Text tool selected, click and drag to draw a Text Box. If you alt + click
on the Text tool or, with the Text tool selected, click once in the Viewport, the Text Shape will be created with Auto Width and Auto Height checked. This results in the text box fitting the text rather than the text fitting within the Text Box.
String - enter text, numbers or symbols here.
Font - select the Font and Weight.
Font Size - set the size of your font.
Alignment - align text horizontally to the Left, Centre or Right.
Vertical Alignment - align text vertically to the Top, Centre, Bottom or Baseline.
Character Spacing - set the distance between characters.
Word Spacing - set the distance between words.
Line Spacing - set the distance between lines.
Text Box Size - set the size of the area the text wraps within.
Auto Width - when checked, the Text Box is sized to the width of the text.
Auto Height - when checked, the Text Box is sized to the height of the text.
Force Monospacing - click the checkbox to remove any kerning from non monospace fonts (useful when animating text strings but need to maintain each character's position). Use the Monospace Multiplier to increase or decrease the space between monospaced characters.
Style Behaviours - add a Style Behaviour. Style Behaviours allow for the procedural manipulation of text strings.
Formatting Inputs - inject a String/ Text into the Text Shape. This allows you to set up Text containing different styles, colours or sizes. Any connected Text or String can then be referenced by its index within curly brackets. For example, a Text Shape containing the Text string Cavalry {0}
will inject the text from another Text Shape connected to Formatting Inputs index 0.
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- open the .
Typeface - see .
String Manipulators - add a .
See for animating Text.