MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE324Using the Text toolThe Text tool in CG Infinity allows you to use any font currently installedon your system to create a text object. Once created, you can control thespacing between letters in a word as well as the spacing between lines oftext. You can also edit the text at a later time, even after changing itsshape and style.Note:If you want to edit a text object on another machine, that machine must havethe same font installed. If not, the text uses your system’s default.To create a text object:1. Click the Text tool from the Tool panel. The Attribute toolbar changesto display the various font characteristics you can choose from.2. Select the font you want to use as well as any other font characteris-tics such as size, bold and italics. You can also specify the alignmentof the text as well as the kerning and leading.Note:Kerning decreases the amount of space between letters in a wordmaking it appear tighter while leading affects the spacing between words ondifferent lines. The default 100% uses the font’s own leading with lower valuesdecreasing the space and higher values increasing the space.3. Click the edit window where you want the text to appear and starttyping in your text. (To add a line, press the [ ENTER ] key.)If you are including a lot of text, such as credits, drag your mouse tocreate a text bounding box. When you type your text, it wraps to theedges of this bounding box.4. Change to the Object tool or click outside the text area to place thetext as an object.Creating a text object
