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Note: You can distort the glow of text independently of other style parameters. For more
information, see Adjusting Glyph Attributes.
Glow: Use this activation checkbox to enable or disable glow parameters in this group.
Glow is disabled by default.
Fill with: Use this pop-up menu to set the fill for the glow. As with the Face and Outline
controls, you can set the glow fill to Color, Gradient, or Texture.
Color/Gradient/Texture: Use these color controls to set the color, gradient, or texture of
the glow effect. Click the disclosure triangle to adjust additional parameters.
Opacity: Use this slider to set the opacity of the text glow.
Blur: Use this slider to set the softness of the text glow.
Radius: Use this slider to set the circumference of the glow.
Scale: Use this slider to set the size of the glow.
Offset: Use these value sliders to offset the glow in the X or Y position.
Layer Order: Use this pop-up menu to specify whether the glow is drawn over or under
the text face.
Four Corner: Use these value sliders to control the position of the glow attribute, allowing
for glow distorting effects. Click the disclosure triangle to reveal the value sliders:
• Bottom Left: Offsets the text glow from the lower left of its original position. Enter a
value in the left value slider to offset the text fill in X space; enter a value in the right
value slider to offset the text fill in Y space. Click the disclosure triangle to access X and
Y position values.
• Bottom Right: Offsets the text glow from the lower right of its original position. Enter
a value in the left value slider to offset the text fill in X space; enter a value in the right
value slider to offset the text fill in Y space. Click the disclosure triangle to access X and
Y position values.
842 Chapter 16 Creating and Editing Text