The Angles Tab allows you to create text that appears at an angle or around a circle. The text is also not anti-aliased (smooth) so the text will appear crisper. Use the text on this tab for small text and for text that needs to be wrapped around a circle or presented at an angle.
The text created on the Angles tab cannot be modified by the settings on the Text and Text+ tabs.
To create angled text, select New Text. The settings for font, font style, and font height can be modified by clicking on the Font Options button.
Other settings include:
Orientation - Allow the font to be shown horizontally (default) or vertically.
Angle - Change the angle of the text. This can also be used with the Radius property to rotate the text around a circle. Slide the tab to change the angle.
Radius - The radius property allows the text to be wrapped around a circle or arc. The text will appear in a circle when the radius is big enough to support all of the text around a circle. Slide the tab to change the radius.
Use Full Circle for Multi-Line Text - If you use multi-line text, you can either wrap the text around a circle, or you can create a set of arcs.
Gradient - Allows the font to have a gradient where two colors blend together. The Font Color is the same font color that appears on the Text tab. The Gradient Color is the color used for blending. The way the blend appears can be changed by setting the Horizontal or Vertical properties. Horizontal blends the colors from left to right. Vertical blends the colors from top to bottom.
3D Font Style - Creates different 3D font styles for the text.
Once you have finished setting the properties of the Text, click on Next to Save the graphic.
Note: Some of these properties work with True Type fonts only. Sometimes these features will work with other types of fonts, but there are no guarantees.