CHAPTER 30 TYPE EFFECTS This chapter explains how to apply various effects to type. In Canvas, you can wrap text inside objects, repel text from objects, bind text to the path of an object, and slant the margins of a text object. Wrapping and repelling text You can make text flow around or inside objects by using the Wrap submenu commands. Wrapping text inside an object When you wrap text inside a paint or vector object, Canvas adjusts the text object’s margins so that text fits within the boundaries of the object. A text object can be wrapped inside only one object at a time. Canvas has two methods of wrapping text inside an object. You can select an existing text object and a vector or paint object and choose the Text > Wrap > Inside Shape. You can also select an existing paint or vector object and simply begin typing; the text will stay inside the boundaries of the object. If you wrap text inside an open vector object, such as an arc, the text wraps between the bounding box and the concave side of the arc. If Center-justified text wrapped inside an oval
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