Font & Style Properties

The Text Properties tab contains options specific to text objects.

Font Name and Size Comboboxes

Select the font face name and size

You can also click the ... button to select the font properties through a standard font dialog box. This is useful if you need to select a script other than the default script.

IMPORTANT: If you are using fonts with languages other than English click the small ... button to the right of the Font Size combobox and select a font and Script that matches you language, click OK then enter your text. This allows Windows to properly display the text.

Font Style Checkboxes

Check the appropriate styles (bold, italic, underline or strikeout)

Text Color Combobox

Select the color of the text.

Shadow Color Combobox

Select the color of the text shadow (when shadow is used).

Style Combobox

Select the style. Additional sub-styles and parameters may be available depending on which style is chosen.

The Text (Wrap) is the default style and makes the text object wrap its text to the size of its bound.

The Text (No Wrap) style makes the text object display as it is entered without wrapping text. On the screen portions of the text may not be shown if the object's bound is not large enough. All text is printed on the printer regardless of the bound size though.

The Bar Code style makes a text object that displays its text as a bar code. You must enter text that can be represented by the code.

Type Specifies the type of the barcode. Show Text Specifies whether or not the text is displayed below the barcode. Bar Width Specifies the width of the barcode bars.

The Arc Text style makes your text display in an arc. The sub-styles specify full circle, 1/2 circle or 1/4 circle and the starting angle.

Sub Style Specifies the part of a circle the text occupies Start Degrees The number of degrees to the starting point of the text measured from the right horizon. Rotate Chars Select Yes to rotate each character around the arc or No to leave each character unrotated.

The Radial Text style makes your text display like the spokes on a bicycle tire. You can optionally make the text get larger as it gets further from the starting point.

Direction Specifies the direction of rotation. Inner % Specifies the size of the inner circle from which the "spokes" start from as a percentage of the size of the object. Delta Specifies the increase in point size.

The Spiral Text style makes your text appear in a spiral.

Direction Specifies the direction of the spiral. Inner % Specifies the size of the inner circular starting point as a percentage of the size of the object. Spacing Specifies how tight or loose the spiral is.

The Variable Size Text option makes your text increase or decrease in size.

Sub-Style Specifes whether the test is staggered size, increasing size or decreasing size. Alignment Specifies the vertical aligment of the text. Delta Specifies the change in the point soze of the text.

Rotation

Select or enter the rotation of the text object in degrees (0-359).

Justification

Left - Left justified text (default)

Center - Centered text

Right - Right justified text