Sizing and transforming text

You can transform raster and vector text interactively. For example, you can resize, rotate, shear, distort, or apply perspective to text.

You can also resize and reshape vector text by editing its nodes and contours. For more information, see Working with nodes.

To resize and transform text

Edit workspace

On the Layers palette, choose a layer.

On the Tools toolbar, choose the Pick tool

, and select the text.

A bounding box with handles appears on the selection or the layer.

Drag a corner handle to resize the text.

If you want to change the current proportions, right-click and drag a handle.

Perform any of the actions in the following table to transform the text.


To	Do the following
Move the entire text block	Drag the bounding box.
Change the center of rotation	Drag the rotation pivot point.
Rotate the text	Drag the rotation handle
Change the perspective symmetrically	Hold down Ctrl and drag a corner handle horizontally or vertically.
Change the perspective asymmetrically	Hold down Shift and drag a corner handle.
To shear text	Hold down Shift while dragging a side handle.
To distort text	Hold down Ctrl and Shift while dragging a handle.

To make the deform handles on a layer easier to see, drag the corner of the image window to make it larger than the image.