Operation Manual

Working with Text 103
The Node Tool can be used for special adjustments on artistic
text.
For greater control over the shape of the artistic text characters, try
converting the artistic text to curves. As curves, you can position
every character individually and even edit the character shapes,
exactly as if you had drawn the character shapes by hand using the
line tools. For details, see Converting a shape to editable curves on
p. 77.
Using fonts
If you plan to use text in your drawing, you can change the text's appearance
dramatically by changing its font. In doing so you can communicate very
different messages to your target audience.
Font assignment is very simple in
DrawPlus, and can be done from the Text
context toolbar, or in the Text Style
dialog (via right-click Text>Character...,
or from Character... on the Format
menu).
A font belongs to one of the following
types as indicated by the symbol before
the font's name.
TrueType OpenType
Type 1 (PostScript) Raster (bitmap)
As you hover over a font in the drop-down list, you'll get an "on-the-
page" live preview of that font on any currently selected artistic or
frame text.