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



Transfers the text to the current layer.

Allows you to transform the outline of the text into a selection area.

Merging mode

Merging mode with the current selection when the text is transformed into a selection.

Angle

Value of angle in degrees of text with horizontal

Stroke settings:

Select a line color by clicking the color selection button or using the pipette tool

Define the size of the line

Define the line style from the list


Filling parameters:

Choose a brush color, gradient by clicking the color selection button or using the pipette tool

Choose a gradient style from the proposed list



Font settings:

Height: The height in pixels of the text, the width of the text is calculated automatically according to the font parameters.

Font: Font used to plot text

Bold, italic, underlined, strikethrough: text style

Spacing letters between 2 letters in percent or pixels

Type of spacing: as a percentage of the average width of the characters or in pixels

Text

Text displayed.