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Lesson
Four
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Most of what you already know about working with text will apply in
Fireworks. To access the Text
Editor all you have to do is to click on the Text
tool in the Toolbox.
As you can see, most of the options should already be familiar to you.
It is in this Window that you control font,
alignment, color, formatting, and size. You can also control
Anti-Alias and Auto-Kern
here. At the bottom of the window you can check to see your text in
preview.
You can manipulate text in Fireworks very easily.
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In this example we are going to attach text to a path.
First, draw a path.
Open the text editor and type in the text you want.
Select both the text box and the path you have drawn.
Next, select
Text>Attach to path
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In this example the text is attached to the path aligned to the
left.
If you choose
Text>Align>
you will get a selection of ways to align the text along the
path.
Again, experiment to see the different ways that text will appear
when it's aligned to the left, right, center, and stretched.
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The path drawn can be any shape that you desire. Again, all effects
can be used as well.
This example has the text attached to an oval path, then a halo
glow effect was applied.
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