This option enables you to add vector text to an image, selecting from all the usual fonts, sizes and styles.
Click on Vector Text in the Vector tools box.
The mouse pointer turns to a T-symbol. Move this to the point where you want the text to appear and click once to open up the "Vector Text" dialog.
In the main box of the dialog type your text.
All the usual font options for the text are available through the Font button. These include font type, style, and size. (Note that changing any of the font characteristics will affect the contents of the whole of the "Vector Text" dialog. If you would like to mix font characteristics in a piece of text, it is necessary to open up the dialog separately for each change.)
The text will take the color of the current Background Color box i.e. the lower box in the Tools bar.
In the Alignment box you can choose either Horizontal or Vertical for text to run either across or down the image window respectively.
There are two ways you may want to edit vector text:
firstly, treating it purely as text, you can select the Vector Text button in the Vector tools box and click on the vector text you want to edit i.e. using the mouse pointer T-symbol. This opens up the "Vector Text" dialog again, with the relevant text selected. Edit the text as you would normally e.g. you can change the style, size and font, and remove or add letters. Click on OK to close the dialog box and apply your changes.
secondly, you may treat the vector text as both text and shape, as with any other vector object. In this case, you can use the normal procedures for editing vector objects, which you can read about in Vector objects: Modifying.
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