User Guide

Chapter 6: Text And Typography
To use text as a clipping path:
1. Position the text object in front of the object to be clipped, and then select both objects.
2. Choose Object | Clipping Path | Make.
Text object in front of image object
Clipping path appears filled with image
object
Applying vector effects to type
Apply the following vector effects to text objects: Envelope, Extrude, Rotate, Freeform rotate and
skew, Flip, Shadow, and Path editing.
Use effects to add dimension to text objects and create striking designs. This section describes
briefly how to apply each of these effects (see "Vector effects" on page 371).
Before applying vector effects to type
Depending on the number and kind of effects you apply to text, you might not be able to edit the text
afterwards; e.g., you can edit text after rotating and skewing, but if you also extrude the text, Canvas
converts the text to vector objects. In addition, depending on the speed of your system, editing
rotated and skewed text might be slow. Therefore, you might want to finish all text editing,
formatting, and layout before applying effects.
Freeform and rotate effects
In Canvas, you can place a text object in freeform mode and then drag any of the hollow selection
handles of the bounding box to rotate and skew text. Choose Effects | Rotate Right/Left | Other to
perform exact rotations.
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