Freeform and rotate effects
In Canvas, you can place a text object in freeform mode and then
drag any of the hollow selection handles of the bounding box to
rotate and skew text. You can also perform exact rotations using the
Rotate command in the Effects menu.
To freeform edit a text object: Select a text object using a
Selection tool. Choose Effects > Freeform. You can drag a circular
selection handle to rotate the text object, or a square handle to skew
the text.
To rotate a text object an exact amount: Choose Effects >
Rotate to open the Rotate dialog box. You can specify the degrees of
rotation and the center of rotation. Click Apply to see the effect of the
settings, or click OK to accept the settings.
Flipping text
You can use the Flip options in the Effects menu to create mirror-
image copies of text. In Canvas, you can flip text horizontally, verti-
cally, or both.
To flip text: Select the text object(s) you want to flip. Depend-
ing on the direction you want to flip text, choose Horizontal, Vertical,
or Both Axes in the Flip submenu in the Effects menu. Canvas imple-
ments the setting immediately.
This design consists of rotated
(black) and skewed (color) type.
Each word was divided into two
text objects, which were
arranged to create the effect.
Original
Vertical flip
Horizontal flip
Both axes