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Fixed Source: Select this checkbox to make the drop shadow behave as if cast by a fixed
light source, regardless of camera or text movement.
Four Corner: Use these value sliders to control the position of the drop shadow attribute.
This allows for outline distorting effects. Click the disclosure triangle to reveal the value
sliders:
• Bottom Left: Offsets the text drop shadow 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 drop shadow 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.
• Top Right: Offsets the text drop shadow from the upper 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.
• Top Left: Offsets the text drop shadow from the upper 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.
Text Style-Related Tasks
The tasks described in this section are useful when you are editing text Style parameters:
• Text Face-Related Tasks
• Text Texture-Related Tasks
• Adding a Text Outline
• Adding a Text Glow
• Adding a Drop Shadow
Text Face-Related Tasks
These tasks are useful when editing text Face parameters, including glyph style attributes,
text color, text gradient and texture fills, and text opacity and softness.
For information on using the Texture option in the Face controls, see Text Texture-Related
Tasks.
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