A text objects is a container for editable type (letters, numbers, symbols, etc.) that you can style, manipulate, and integrate into your vector animations. Creating and editing a text object is done with the help of Text tool . You can also edit a text by double-clicking on the text object while having the Node tool or the Selection tool active.
Properties
The following properties are available for Text objects:
Paint
Solid colors and gradients
Stroke
Line joins, caps, dash styles, and more
Compositing
Blend modes and opacity
Transform
Scale, rotate, skew, and other affine transformations
Coordinates
Global coordinates and size
Specific properties
Text objects support two types of specific properties: Text and Paragraph.
Text
These are specific properties for font and text style.
- Font family - Set the font family.
- Font style - This value varies across the fonts. Possible values are: Regular, Bold, Italic, Black, etc.
- Font size - Set the font's size.
- Letter spacing - Set the space between individual letters.
- Baseline shift - Shift the baseline with the specified amount. Negative values are supported.
- Line height - Set the line height.`
Paragraph
These are specific properties for the container.
- Textbox - Set the width and height of the text container. Toggle the button to constrain proportions when changing the width and height values. Click the button again to switch back to unconstrained width/height values.
- Size constraints - The following constraints are provided:
- Auto size - Textbox is automatically adjusted both horizontally and vertically.
- Fixed width - Textbox has a fixed width only.
- Fixed height - Textbox has a fixed height only.
- Fixed size - Textbox has a fixed width and height.
- Align options - The following align options are provided:
- Left - Align text to the left.
- Center - Align text to the center.
- Right - Align text to the right.
