Quick links to procedures on this page:
Adding and editing text
You can add text to enhance images. When you add text, you can specify its font, size, and alignment, as well as the character spacing and line spacing.
Text is created as an object by default; therefore, you can move, size, scale, rotate, flip, skew, distort, and apply perspective; however, you will lose distortion or perspective effects if you add, remove, or edit text characters. For more information about working with objects, see “Working with objects.” Text can also be rendered as an editable area of a mask. For more information about creating editable areas, see “Working with masks.”
After you add text, you can edit the text by changing its color, painting it, or filling it with patterns and textures.
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Choose a font from the Font name list box on the property bar.
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Align multiple lines of text
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On the property bar, open the Alignment picker, and click a setting. Text is aligned with the bounding box.
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Adjust character spacing
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On the property bar, type a value in the Character/Line spacing box.
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Adjust line spacing
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On the property bar, type a value in the Character/Line spacing box.
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You render the text as an editable area by selecting the text with the Text tool
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Text is created with the Text tool.
To change the color of text | ![]() |
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In the color control area, double-click the Foreground color swatch
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To paint text | ![]() |
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Ensure that text is correct before you paint. After painting, the paint effects are lost if you add, remove, or edit text characters.
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To fill text | ![]() |
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Click each text character that you want to fill.
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You must click directly in a character; otherwise, the fill is applied to the entire image. You can undo an unwanted fill by clicking Edit
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Ensure that text is correct before filling. After filling, the fill effects are lost if you add, remove, or edit text characters.
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You can quickly zoom into a text character by clicking the Zoom tool
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You can render the text as an editable area by selecting the text object with the Text tool
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You can paint text or fill it with patterns and textures.