Text

Text objects allow you to put your products' descriptions on your labels. You can define your font, font size, font style (Bold, Italic, Underline), and other advanced properties.

Text object adapts its dimensions to fit the amount of inserted characters. When typing, text object grows horizontally and/or vertically.

Adding text to labels

To add text objects to your label design:

  1. Click the Text icon in your Objects panel.

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  2. Click where you want to put your text on your label design surface. The Text object appears on your label.

To move your text, click and drag the Text object.

To resize your text, drag the corners of your Text object.

To rotate your text, drag the small circle symbol above your Text object. You can rotate your text by 90, 180, or 270 degrees.

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You can also rotate your text by any degree in the Text Properties panel.

Text properties

To set or edit your Text object content and properties, click on your Text object. The Properties panel opens on the right side of your screen.

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In the Properties panel, you can:

  • Manually change the Text object dimensions and rotation. You can rotate your text by any degree.

  • In Source > Type select your data source or enter fixed text.

    • You can manually type Fixed Data.

    • Using Variables, you can enter your values at print time.

    • Your text can contain GS-1 or Concatenate Function.

    • You can select values from your Database.

    [Note] Note

    For details on defining and using your variable content, see the Dynamic data sources topic.

  • Define your text Style:

    • Font: Select your font type. You can choose between TTF (TrueType Font) installed on the Control Center server , and printer internal fonts.

    • Style: You can add styles to your font: Bold, Italic, Underline, and Strikethrough.

    • Align: You can align your multi-line text to the left, center, and right or justify the same way as in other advanced text editors.

  • Apply Effects on your text objects: You can design and print your texts in Inverse colors, for example, white letters on a black background. If you print your labels on transparent media, you might use the Mirror option. RTL printing enables printing Arabic and similar fonts in the opposite direction, right to left.

  • If you want to modify the default text layout, adjust the settings in the Spacing & Scaling section.

  • By default, label objects have the status Printable. You can disable the Printable status if you don't want your text object to be printed. For example, you would like to put some comments on your label design but don't want them to be printed. Non-printable text objects will also not show on the label preview.

  • Anchoring: Anchoring point is where your label object is pinned to the design surface. Variable size objects (variable text, barcodes) increase or decrease their size in the opposite direction of the selected anchoring point.

[Note] Note

Web Designer remembers your selected font type, so the next time you place a text object on your label, the font type is the same as it was with your previous text object.

Use the right-click menu or keyboard shortcuts to:

  • Copy

  • Cut

  • Paste

  • Delete

your text objects.