Adjusting Glyph Attributes
The onscreen controls for adjusting a glyph’s style attribute are similar to the distort
onscreen controls. You can also distort a glyph’s attributes in the Text Inspector.
To distort a glyph’s style attribute in the Canvas
1
Select the text object that contains the glyph to modify, then select the Transform Glyph
tool from the 2D transform tools in the toolbar.
2
Choose the attribute to modify (Face, Outline, Glow, or Drop Shadow) from the Attribute
pop-up menu in the Text HUD.
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The glyph is enclosed by a bounding box with eight handles: four corner handles for
distorting, and four shearing handles located in the middle of the bounding box edges.
Corner handle
Shearing handle
3
Do one of the following:
• To shear the style attribute, drag a shearing handle.
• To distort the style attribute, drag a corner handle.
After you adjust the attribute (Glow in this example), that parameter is selected in the
Style pane of the Text Inspector (the Glow activation checkbox). That parameter is only
turned on for the modified glyphs in the text object.
To distort a glyph style attribute in the Inspector
1
Select the text object that contains the glyph to modify, then select the Transform Glyph
tool from the 2D transform tools in the toolbar.
2
Select the attribute to modify (Face, Outline, Glow, or Drop Shadow) from the Attribute
pop-up menu in the Text HUD.
3
In the Style pane of the Text Inspector, click the Four Corner disclosure triangle for the
attribute to modify, then adjust the Bottom Left, Bottom Right, Top Right, or Top Left
value sliders to distort the attribute.
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