2023.11.10
【PC】Using the Text Tool
MediBang Paint makes it easy to add text to your canvas using the Text Tool.
By using the MediBang Paint Text Tool, you will be able to use your keyboard to input text. You will find the Text Tool icon on the left toolbar.
Using the Text Tool will create a new layer just for text on your canvas. These are called “text layers”
Text Layers are a unique type of layer that can save inputted text data to be further edited later if the file is saved under the MDP format.
Text Layers are only for inputting text and cannot be drawn on using tools such as the Brush, as seen in the image below. If you wish to use other tools on the Text Layer, you will need to “Rasterize” the layer.
After rasterizing the Text Layer, you will be able to treat it like a normal Color Layer and edit it with the Brush Tool, but you will no longer be able to edit the text contents.
Inputting Text
① Select the Text Tool from the left toolbar.
② Set the Text Position.
Click the part of the canvas you want to add text to.
Doing so will bring up the Edit Text window.
③ Type Your Text
Use the keyboard that is attached to your computer to enter text at the bottom of the Edit Text window.
The numbers correspond with the editing functions listed below.
④ Edit Your Text
In the Edit Text box you can change the font style, size, color, and other details.
＜The Edit Text Window Functions＞
1. Using the Cloud Text
Checking this box will allow you to use Cloud Fonts provided by MediBang Inc to be used for comic creation. Click here to see a list of the Cloud Fonts.
Removing the check will switch the font list back to only the fonts installed on your computer.
2. Font Name
Here you can select which font to use.
3. Text Size
Select the sizing of your text.
・There are three ways to choose the Text Size.
Click the drop down menu and select a number.- Type your preferred number size.
- Click the
buttons to decrease or increase the font size.
・Font sizes can be measured in either points (pt) or pixels.
・The maximum font size is 128 pt.
4. Anti-aliasing
Activates or deactivates the anti-aliasing function (smoothing the fonts).
→ Anti-aliasing activated
→ Anti-aliasing deactivated
5. Text Spacing
Allows you to edit the width between characters.
Comparison between 0 width and 10 width
6. Line Spacing
Allows you to edit the width between lines of text.
Comparison between 0 width and 10 width
7. Text Alignment
Select between “Left Align Text,” “Center Text,” and “Right Align Text”
Comparison between the settings
8/9. Bold and Italic
Check to bold and italicize the font.
Comparison between the settings
10. Vertical Text
Switches text from writing horizontally to writing vertically.
! and other similar characters are automatically written vertically.
11. Text Color
Select the text color.
12. Edge With and Color
Outlines the font.
Regular vs Edge
13. Rotate
Allows you to rotate the text.
0 vs 45 degree angle
Editing Inputted Text
There are two ways to edit text that has already been created on a Text Layer.
The first way is to double click the text on the canvas with the Text Tool selected.
The second way is to use the Text Tool and double click the selected Text layer in the Layer Window.
Regardless of the method used, the outcome will be the Edit Text window appearing on the screen so you can edit the entered text.
Moving Text
With the Text Tool selected, left-click your mouse over the entered text, and drag to move.
▼Read the following article here to learn more about editing text after rasterization.
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