Creating and Editing New Designs 37
Properties of Text Segments
When a Text segment is selected, you will see that there are a number
of settings that you can use to add interesting effects to your text
objects. For example, you can change such properties as the height,
font, or slant of the text.
The sections that follow give a guide to the text properties that can be
modified on the text tab.
Envelope Shapes
You can change the overall shape of text in the workspace with the
envelope setting. Envelopes are a set of predetermined shapes that
can be applied to the overall outline or ‘bounding box’ of your text
segment. The envelope shape is selected on the Properties panel.
To choose an envelope:
1
Select the lettering segment in the workspace.
2
In the tabs area, click on the Properties panel to bring it forward.
3
Click the arrows button
next to the Envelope field to see the list
of Envelope shapes.
4
Click a shape to select it.
The text object must be selected first, before its properties will appear
on the Properties panel.
