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Text Tool Deep Dive

Typesetting in Studio offers some greater possibilities for implementing text into a project. This article explains the basics of Studio's Text Tool and how to use them.

Fonts

Studio comes with a standard set of fonts to choose from. 

After placing text, you can preview the fonts by selecting the text then clicking the font list in the Edit panel on the right hand side:

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As you scroll through the list, the text on your canvas will update to show how the new font will look.

The arrow button next to the font name will allow you to select the font style, bold/heavy or regular.

Single Line Fonts

Single Line Fonts create a tool path along the centerline of the text which allows the bit to draw the geometry of the letters.

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Currently we offer three Single Line Fonts, including the standard Origin text.

Cutting Text: Using ShapeShifter

Most fonts in Studio create text as a compound shape, which means that Studio and Origin will understand the inside and outside shapes of the text without needing to use ShapeShifter to define those inside/outside shapes. There are only a few fonts that don't do this automatically. To see a list of fonts that don't employ compound shapes, see below.

Note: To learn more about Compound Shapes click here.

If you have text that hasn't defined the inside and outside, you can use ShapeShifter to rectify this before placing the text on Origin:

Note: once lettering is ShapeShifted it cannot be edited for spelling or font type.

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To make overlapping cursive text, place the text using a script font (like ‘Vibur’) then click a single block of text and click ShapeShifter. Select the inside of all letters and any overlapping shapes (using “Select All” may be faster), deselect the unwanted internal areas, and then select “Make Shape.” The result will be contiguous cursive text:

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Non-Compound Fonts

  • All single-line options

  • Birthstone

  • Birthstone Bounce

  • Caveat

  • Cinzel

  • Dancing Script

  • Dancing Script

  • EMS SpaceRocks

  • Frank Ruhl Libre

  • Grand Hotel

  • Great Vibes

  • Inter

  • Jost

  • Knewave

  • little chic single line

  • Lobster Two

  • Meow Script

  • Pacifico

  • Petit Formal Script

  • Playfair Display

  • Quicksand

  • Sacramento

  • Vibur