A very handy button! Create as Vector/Selection/Floating Most of the time, you won’t want all these fancy textures and styles! In this case, just click the Standard text button to revert to normal text – no stroke, solid colour fill. If a texture is not shown next to Stroke: or Fill:, click on the little black triangle (as described in “Styles” above) to bring up the little popup, and select the left option ( Texture).

Click in the rectangle next to Stroke: or Fill: to bring up the Texture dialog, where you can choose the texture you’d like to apply. “Textures” allows you to apply a Texture effect to the Stroke and/or Fill portion of the text. (This depends on which style is selected – see below.) Make your choice then click OK.īy clicking on the little black triangles on the right of the Stroke and Fill boxes, you can bring up a little popup containing 4 styles (sometimes you need to click and hold for a bit to bring this up!):įrom left to right, they are: Solid (just use the colour without any effects), Gradient (use a colour gradient effect), Pattern (apply one of Paint Shop Pro’s patterns), or Null (don’t use this style at all). To change the style of the stroke or fill, click in the rectangle to the right of Stroke: or Fill: to bring up the Color, Gradient or Pattern dialog. In “Styles” you can choose the colours and style you would like to use for Stroke (the outline of the text) and Fill (the inside of the text).

A negative value moves your lines closer together, while a positive value moves your lines further apart. A value of zero specifies the default, or normal, amount of space between the lines. The name refers to the strips of lead used to add space between lines on printing presses. LeadingĬontrols the amount of vertical space between lines. If you want standard spacing, just check the Auto Kern box. (NOTE: You have to select some or all of your text first!) Useful for stretching a word to fill a whole line. KerningĬontrols the amount of horizonal space between the letters of your selected text. Lets you select the (vertical) size of the text in points, which are 72nds of an inch. Lets you choose the font to use for this piece of text from all of the fonts installed on your computer. Let’s start by looking at some of the options in the dialog box.

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