When you customize graphics in the Designer, you can customize the scale, position, kerning, and style of full strings of text, and individual characters.
Add text
Open a graphic in the Designer.
- Click the Add Text button at the top of the Title Designer workspace and choose Static text or Variable text to add a new text layer.
Note: Text variables can be updated manually or data sources when broadcasting a graphic. For more information, see Create variables in graphics.
- Enter the desired text in the new text layer.
Edit text
- Open a graphic in the Designer.
- Double-click a text field in the Designer canvas or timeline workspace.
- Update the text field within the layer.
Tip: Any text that was added as a variable or enabled to be one can be customized from the Global Tab.
Customize text layers
- Open a graphic in the Designer.
- Click a text layer in the Designer canvas or timeline workspace. A green bounding box appears around selected paragraphs.
- Do one of the following:
- Select presets from the drop-down list at the top of the Library panel.
- Customize the paragraph with the settings in the Properties panel within the Layers tab.
For more details, see Add styles to design layers.
- Click another area of the workspace to deselect the text layer.
Customize characters
- Open a graphic in the Designer.
- Double-click a text layer in the Designer canvas or timeline workspace.
- To select one or more characters, do one of the following:
- Click inside a text layer and drag the cursor over one or more characters.
- Hold SHIFT + arrow keys to select one or more characters.
- Do one of the following:
- Select presets from the drop-down list at the top of the Library panel.
- Customize the paragraph with the settings in the Properties panel within the Layers tab.
For more details, see Add styles to design layers.
- Click twice on another area of the timeline workspace to deselect the characters and text layer.