Edit Text Layer

    Menu -> Layers -> Edit Text Layer



The Text tool places text into an image. You can change the font, color and size of your text, align it, add a shadow, and fill it with a texture, interactively.


Text
Font Face
This control sets the name of the font.

Font Size
This control sets the size of the font.

Color
Color of the text that will be drawn next. Defaults to black. Selectable from the color picker dialog box that opens when the current color sample is clickes.

Font Style
Use this to add special characteristics to characters that use the font.

Aligns Text
You can align the text to the left, to the center, and to the right in the layer rectangle.

Border
Use this to add a border around the characters.

Border Color
Color of the border that will be drawn next. Selectable from the color picker dialog box that opens when the current color sample is clickes.





Shadow
This check box allows you to specify that the text will be drawn with a shadow.

Shadow Color
Color of the shadow that will be drawn next. Defaults to black. Selectable from the color picker dialog box that opens when the current color sample is clickes.

Shadow Direction
Select the direction for the shadow to fall.

X and Y offset
Set the offset in pixels for the shadow.

Transparency
Set a low value to have a darker shadow and a high value to allow more of the base image to show through the shadow.

Shadow size
Select the size of the shadow in relation to the size of the font. For example, a value of 100 creates a shadow the same size as the font and a value of 200 creates a shadow twice the size of the font.

Soft edge
Set a higher value to blend the shadow more smoothly into the background.




Textured
This check box allows you to specify that the text will be drawn filled with a texture.

Select Source
You can select the source of the texture by clicking this button. Choose between Load texture from file and Paste texture from clipboard. You can also specify the texture from the ToolPalette. Applying the selected texture is very easy by double clicking the desired texture thumbnails in order to apply it to your text.
Note
If the texture presents a transparent part, she will be merged with the color text.




Options
Antialiasing
Antialiasing will render the text with much smoother edges and curves. This is achieved by slight blurring and merging of the edges. This option can radically improve the visual appearance of the rendered typeface.





Sample of text render.