text tool on
the tool panel brings up the Text panel. With it, you can add text in
various styles to your picture.
You
also get a box that you can enter text into on your buffer.
This box can be moved around or resized by clicking and dragging on its border. The mouse pointer will change shape to indicate which action will take place, depending on where on the border you click.
You can also reposition the box anywhere on the buffer simple by dragging the mouse around while this tool is active.
Note that keyboard shortcuts will be swallowed by this tool, so you'll have to switch tools if you need to use a keyboard shortcut.
Show textbox will redisplay the textbox if it is invisible. This will happen after you have entered text. You can press this button to get it back if you want to add more text.
This
row of buttons lets you format the way your text will look.
Pressing
the font button brings up a system dialog box to select a font. See
the Font Dialog below.
The remaining tools set the alignment of your text inside the text box. There is left, center, and right alignment.
The
Font Dialog box lets you select a font for your text.The list on the right lets you select from any font that is installed on your system, like these...
Arial
Times New Roman
Courier
The font style list lets you select a style like Bold, Italic, or Both.
The list on the right lets you select the size of your font, like 14 18 26
This
settings let you change the way your text is rendered when you apply the
text.
The
Plain text mode renders the text using the current primary color. The
current brushes opacity is not taken into account. If you have
anti-aliasing turned on for the system font, it will be taken into account,
causing your font to render more smoothly.
The
Use fill settings mode renders the text using all of the current fill
settings. For example, you can use paper textures, gradients,
transparency, brush warping, and anything else you can apply to a fill tool.
Text
to alpha causes the text to be rendered to the alpha channel, effectively
making a 'selection' in the shape of your text. You could then use
this to paint into, or to apply effects to.
These
tools effect the placement of your text box inside your buffer. The
arrow button nudge the box by one pixel in any direction.Center horizontal and Center vertical will center your text box in the buffer.
These
tools will make a custom brush out of the contents of your text box.
The brush will be rendered in any of the styles (above)Make animated will cause an animated brush to be created, with one character from your text making up a single frame. With the complete animated brush, you will be able to draw with your text in a freeform fashion.
