Adding color to text

You can quickly change both the fill and outline color of text. You can change the fill, outline, and background color of text. In addition, you can change the appearance of text by painting it. This allows you to add different effects to the text.

You can fill text with patterns and textures.

To change the text color

1 .	Click the Text tool .

4 .	In the color control area, double-click the Foreground color swatch , and choose a color.

To paint text

1 .	In the toolbox, click the Object pick tool .

3 .	Click Object Text Render as object.

4 .	In the color control area, double-click the Foreground color swatch , and choose a color.

5 .	In the toolbox, click the Paint tool .

Ensure that the text is correct before you paint, because the paint effects are lost if you add, remove, or edit text characters.

To fill text

1 .	In the toolbox, click the Object pick tool .

3 .	In the toolbox, click the Fill tool .

You must click directly in a character; otherwise, the fill is applied to the entire image. You can undo an unwanted fill by clicking Edit Undo flood fill.

Ensure that the text is correct before you paint, because the paint effects are lost if you add, remove, or edit text characters.

You can quickly zoom into a text character by clicking the Zoom tool in the toolbox and dragging in the image to enclose the text character.

You can render the text as an editable area by selecting the text object with the Text tool and clicking the Create mask button on the property bar. This produces a text-shaped editable area to which you can apply fills.

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