- Modules
- Advanced Drawing
- Adding Text
Adding Text
T-SBADV-005-014
Whenever needed, you can add text to panels.
How to add text to drawings
- In the Tools toolbar, select the Text
tool, press Ctrl + Shift + T (Windows) or ⌘ + Shift + T (macOS) or select Tools > Text.
- In the Timeline or Thumbnails view, select the panel and layer that contains the drawing on which you want to add text.
- In the Stage view, click the location at which you want to add text.
- You can use the Text properties in the Tool Properties view to select the font, font size and format of the text you will type.
- Type in the desired text.
- Click outside the text box to exit the typing mode.
| ‣ | If you want to create another text object, click outside the currently active text box. You can always return to edit the text by selecting the Text tool and clicking in the text. |
Time Estimated 5 mins
Difficulty Level Intermediate
Topics List
- About Drawing Space Efficiency
- Displaying the Grid
- About Quick Swap Shortcut
- Antialiasing OpenGL Lines
- Changing the Drawing Tool Cursor
- About Tool Presets
- Creating Tool Presets
- Updating Tool Presets
- Deleting Tool Presets
- Importing and Exporting Tool Presets
- Locking the Tool Preset Layer Selection
- Cleaning up with the Tool Presets
- Adding a 3D Object as a Rendered Image in a 2D Scene
- Activity: Using a 3D Object as a Reference in a 2D Scene
- Creating a Stamp
- Deforming a Drawing Using the Perspective Tool
- About the Text Tool
- Adding Text
- Formatting Text
- Resizing the Text Box
- Breaking Text
- Modifying Text
- Using the Select by Colour Tool