YoupiPaint User Manual

The Text tool allows you to draw texts in the current layer, fill them with a color or a color gradient and draw their outline.

To add a text:

•Select the Text tool on the main toolbar, a text appears on the center of the drawing

•To edit the text, enter the text to be included on the toolbar.

•To move the text, drag and drop it.

•Using the handles change the size or change the rotation of the text.

•Define the text style settings (font, fill, line, rotation angle) using the toolbar buttons.

•When the text is set, press the Enter key or the button of the toolbar: the text is transferred to the layer in use

Use of Handles:

•Left-click on one of the handles (size handles or rotating handles) and hold down the button

•Move the mouse without releasing the button

•Release the mouse button

The outline of the text can be transformed into a selection area:

•Position and adjust the size and rotation

•Choose from the toolbar a merging mode with the current selection (see the selection tool for more information on merging modes)

•Click on the button of the toolbar

•The text is transformed into a selection area and the Selection tool is activated

Note: If a selection area is already active when transferring text to the layer, only the portion of the text in the selection is retained.

Keypad keys:

•If you press the Alt key while moving, the text is aligned with the grid. See alignment options.

•To fine-tune the angle of rotation press the Alt key while you rotate

•The Exhaust key is used to reset the text.

Selecting colors using the color panel or palettes:

•Fill color: click on the color

•Stroke color: Control-click the color

•Color of the gradient: click on the color while holding down the Shift key

The Text toolbar