Questions tagged [text]
Questions that refer to manipulating a text layout, styling and/or management in graphic software.
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Adding a background to a sample of letters of a text object in Inkscape
Does anyone know how to highlight a sample of letters in a text object with a solid colour using Inkscape? I saw a similar post with the question of how to highlight the entire text object (the post ...
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Is there a way to import Font-Size to Photoshop from an Excel File?
I know, we can define layers(e.g. text layers) as variables and import data to change the contents of these layers.
(Image -> Variables -> Define)
But I have an excel file with lot of rows of ...
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What is the name of this font don't recognized by others tools
The letters are D&S.
In fact, other tools don't recognize this letters because I think the letters are black with dark background.
This come from a photo of a flyer of my client: D&S Esthetic, ...
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Inset spacing default setting for text frame InDesign CC
Whenever I create a new text frame it creates inset spacing as a default and I have to keep removing it. I am not sure why, I have made some text boxes within the document have inset spacing and maybe ...
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Create equal spacing inside font/object for my son's LED strip
Good Morning,
I am wanting to make a LED sign that uses a 6mm wide led strip with the text "Mi Frijolito", that looks like this, which is 1.5m long and 0.5m wide.
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So the main issue I am ...
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How to merge a shape into text?
I have some text and a shape created in photoshop. I am trying to do some blending options to the shape and then merge it into the text, so that the shape disappears, apart from the bit that is ...
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Styling and Annotating Source Code in InkScape
I am creating a PDF document in which I need to include some annotated, syntax-highlighted source code. The individual code snippets should be PDF files with selectable text, so no .png or .jpg images....
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How can I justify text in Inkscape?
I have copied some text from Wikipedia, went to Inkscape, and pressed Ctrl+V. So, the workspace looks like the following:
Now, I want to take the text inside the workspace and then want to justify ...
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Is the YYYY-MM-DD date format acceptable in print media? How do you typeset it?
The "ISO 8601" date format is praised for its unambiguity, but it's predominantly a digital format, not too common in traditional media. Do you allow YYYY-MM-DD in print projects, or do you ...
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Text not wrapping around anchored image InDesign CC
I am wanting title and description of burger to sit alongside the burger image. The first burger image uses the wrap around bounding box option.
I want the following burger image and text to behave ...
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Illustrator: how to create dynamic curved text with curved background boxes?
Currently I'm creating this by hand (attached picture). Is there any way I could automate this process, so when I resize the circle, the boxes stay the same height.
Right now, when I resize and keep ...
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Prevent frame from moving without locking it
Is there a way to prevent a text frame (more specifically, the primary frame) from moving (by accident), apart from locking it?
Yes, I can simply lock it, but this affects search and replace, this is ...
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Search text on locked layers
I just "discovered" that search (note: I talk about search, not replace!) doesn't work for text on locked layers.
Some people suggest to enable "Include Locked Layers and Locked Objects&...
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How to make letters linked within each other in a SVG
I am making a logo for an web application using Figma.
What I got so far is:
I managed to show the D linked into the P by coloring in one of the intersects of the two letters. But is there a better ...
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adobe illustrator cannot export text elements with multiple lines to svg
I am using Adobe Illustrator to generate SVG files. However, I find that when I try to export a textual element with multiple lines, that element is exported as svg paths, not svg text elements. If ...
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How to change Adobe Stock Invitation card template text in Adobe Illustrator?
I licensed the template "Invitation card - black and gold vintage style" in Adobe Stock, and opened it in Adobe Illustrator.
I am trying to change:
the text "Invitation"
the text &...
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Issue with letter spacing in a justified GIMP text block
I'm working with a block of text in GIMP that consists of three short paragraphs, which are full-justified in their text box. The first paragraph seems to be perfectly fine; spacing between words ...
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How to make the tab character work for text aligned to the right
Here is how the tab character typically works:
Is there a way to have the same behavior when the text is aligned to the right and not the left?
That is, if we talk about the right page of a spread, ...
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How to type text into a box I copied and placed onto a Master using InDesign
I want to update a "Master" using InDesign. Each time I copy a "Text Box" and "Paste" it onto the "Master," the copied Text Box does not allow new text to be ...
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Should a business testimonial advertisement without any contact information be used "as is" in a publication?
A testimonial advertisement was provided by a business (for their own endorsement) in a publication. Traditionally, print advertisements may need some sort of visual contact information to be included ...
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Text added to image in GIMP is too low resolution
I am very new to GIMP and am having trouble with a project. I am trying to add text to an image to create cover art for an album. I have added the image, which is 1000x1000 pixels, and then added some ...
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How to resize the bounding box in Adobe Illustrator?
I'm doing some calendars and I need the numbers to be aligned to the center of the square but I can't align properly because of the blank space that is above the number.
I've trying to use the Area ...
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How do I flip a single letter within a word or phrase in a given text box?
It seems like this should be very intuitive. I can change the color, alignment, rotation, etc of a single letter. However, I have not found a way to flip a letter horizontally without affecting the ...
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Export graphic with localised text
I have graphic picture that requires simple text. However, the text needs to be localised. I have different layers for this text (one for English, one for German, ...). I need to export this picture (...
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Photoshop Version 23, bounding box for text is invisible
With the new version of Photoshop 2022 (version 23) the text bounding box where you can resize text is invisible. This is a screengrab of a selected text box that I can move around but not resize. 100%...
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paragraph space after spacing doesn't appear to be accurate? Illustrator CS6
I have some type which I have created a space after in the paragraph settings. I wanted the space after to be 0.3cm so I have entered that in which converts to 8.5pt.
However when I create a box with ...
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Auto text box resize for illustrator CS6
I am wanting a similar option to Opt+command+C in illustrator CS6 I have seen the same question asked however I am using CS6 and when I go to Area type options auto resize option box to tick is not ...
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Any way to identify a font from vector object in Illustrator (CC)?
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Is it possible to identify a font/formatting in a path object and apply it to a new text object in Illustrator?
Background:
I have a full CC subscription.
In this case, object (1) appears to ...
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Photoshop CC scripting: is it possible to find inline pseudoformatting in a TextItem?
I'm working with a large number of PSDs as the page masters for an ebook. The author of the book used pseudoformatting rather than the proper bold and italic versions of the font (Times New Roman), ...
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How to add stroke to part of text that overlaps other text [duplicate]
Using Adobe Illustrator, how would I achieve the stroke around the words "happy birthday" where they overlap the word "Jesus" in the image below?
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Modify width of all text frames in a document
I have text frames on over 200 pages,
Is possible to select all text frames at once and decrease their width through Text Frame Options or any other method, as the edges of text frames are closely ...
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Indesign: How to fix last line of text to bottom
is there any way in indesign to break a paragraph at a given point and fix the last line to the bottom in the same way it happens with the shift key+tab command for right indent tab? I always resorted ...
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Text frame automatically adjusting when scaling text up. Illustrator CS6
Is there a way to have the text frame adjust while I am scaling up the text?
The text just disappears whenever I increase the size of the text.
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Should you use full stop in a quote that have quotation marks?
So I checked some quote poster designs and billboard designs on Pinterest but one thing was confusing.
Some were using a full stop in the end of quote (i.e., just before the "). For example:
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How to convert text from double path to single path as shown?
Mainly, I'm using Blender and I think it can't do something like this so I need an extra online tool or something like that. I googled but still can't find what I'm looking for. I would like to ...
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How do you access the text along path options in Inkscape
In Illustrator, the Type Along Path Tool gives you the option to align the text to the path in different ways (baseline, centered, etc.). It also lets you change where the text actually goes on the ...
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I am working with Photoshop CC 2019 and I tried to write in Gujarati with Shruti font so it's not showing joined and non of them are working for me
I am working with Photoshop CC 2019 and I tried to write in Gujarati with Shruti font so it's not showing joined and non of them are working for me.
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How to drill/cut a solid, using a text as a template?
Imagine a situation where I have a solid and a text.
I would like the content of the text to be taken subtracted from the solid behind it.
Text and solid (I did it in GIMP, which is the program I know ...
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PDF: Insert some optically hidden text "behind" another object?
Is there an easy way to insert some text which shall be invisible, but still exist in the OCR'd / plaintext version of an PDF, using Adobe Acrobat Pro?
I'd imagine the text to be inserted behind some ...
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How do I programmatically flow text into an SVG template?
I would like to add text to an SVG template layout and have it flow into the rectangles I have created for it. I would like to do this programmatically.
My initial thought was to use Inkscape and D3....
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How to add text with a revealing effect
I want the text to be revealed as the scroll opens. How can I achieve this? I want my effect to come off exactly like this sample GIF just that I want to add my own text.
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Text not showing up on illustrator file
I am a beginner to illustrator. I attempting to add text using the text tool. I am successful doing it in the practice file, but same actions don't work in my "live" file. Below images show ...
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Which symbol represents multiplication?
Which Unicode symbol that normally looks like two lines crossed together properly represents multiplication and what do the other Unicode characters that look like it mean?
And bonus points, how do I ...
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Is it possible to join multiple text characters into one curved path in Illustrator?
Other than creating an entirely new curved path and entering text, is there a way to combine separate text characters into one path? I know it is possible to outline them first but ideally they would ...
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Automatic Spacing between multiple text objects
Hello, here is my issue:
I am trying to set up a workbook where titles (h1, h2) and basic text (p) iterate a lot and vary in length.
Hence, between those text objects, I want to insert a "spacer&...
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Processing "clean" text to simulate "old-fashioned" printing
I am hoping to start a project to train Tesseract for a certain kind of image that is a very common problem for open-source OCR-assisted transcription of old texts: ~1700s printing presses and paper ...
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How to remove background color and noise from a text image?
I have the following image of a table
I want to remove the background colors (blue, grey, white) and also reduce noise. I want to remove only the colors and I don't want to remove the table and text. ...
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Indesign: can't get rid of padding on Auto Resized text boxed
I auto resized a text box to "height only", but is still has a little white space between the bottom of the text and the bottom of the box. The inset spacing is all set to zero. Any ideas as ...
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Prevent Illustrator from altering the glyph width
When the textbox in Illustrator is changed using the picot points the glyphs are not altered at all and the text is retypeset according to new bounds.
When the same textbox is chaged using the ...
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