User Guide

Corel Painter 387
Alignment
A text block can be left, right, or center
justified. The text baseline origin is
used as the reference point for the text
alignment. You can specify
justification on the Text palette.
To align text:
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Text to display the Text palette.
2 On the Text palette, enable one of
the following buttons:
•Align Left
•Align Center
• Align Right
Kerning Text
Kerning refers to adjusting the
amount of space between letters. Corel
Painter does this automatically with
most fonts. However, you can fine-
tune the spacing with the Tracking
slider.
To kern text:
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Text.
2 On the Text palette, adjust the
Tracking slider.
Drag left to decrease letter spacing
or right to increase it.
Adjusting Leading
Leading refers to the amount of space
between lines of text. You may want to
change the Leading from the default.
The default spacing between lines is
set at 100%.
To adjust leading manually:
1 Choose Window menu > Show
Text.
2 On the Text palette, drag the
Leading slider to the right to
increase space between lines or to
the left to decrease it.
Stretching, Rotating, and
Skewing Text
Stretching text affects both the
horizontal and vertical size. As you
stretch vertically, the text appears
thinner and taller. As you stretch
horizontally, the text appears flatter
and shorter.
Rotating text pivots the text from the
end point of the text block. Depending
on the alignment of the text, it pivots
from the bottom-left corner, bottom-
right corner, or center. You can also
skew the text by slanting the text to the
right or left.
To stretch text:
1 Select text using the Layer
Adjuster tool .
2 Drag the corner handles in the
direction you want to stretch the
text.
To rotate text:
1 Select text using the Layer
Adjuster tool.
2 Hold down Command (Mac OS)
or Ctrl (Windows), and drag one
of the corner handles.