How do I resize a character to be thinner/fatter or taller/shorter?
Michael
If you mean Expansion(Fatter or shorter) and Condensation (Thinner or Taller) of Text, then it is possible in case of Artistic text only. Not in paragraph text.
michael said: How do I resize a character to be thinner/fatter or taller/shorter?
Anand
Hi Anand, I know about that.
But with artistic text, I can only adjust the whole text together, and not individual character.For example, let's say I type the word "FAT", and I only want the "A" to be wider or taller.
There are a couple of ways to deal with your problem. First, if you must maintain the text as text, and I'm not sure why you want to do that, try the following. - Select the text with your shape tool (F10). Each letter will have a dot or node in front of it. Click on the one in front of the letter you want to modify. Then do a Ctrl + T to bring up the text formatting window. Here you can change the font, size, rotation, etc. of just the letter selected. Also by moving these nodes, you can move individual letters left, right, up or down.
Another way is to select the text and then 1. convert it to curves - Arrange-Covert to Curves. Then 2. Arrange-Break Curve Apart. This will convert each letter to a separate element. If you have a letter like a capital A, which needs to have a hole in it. Select the two elements of the letter and combine them. That will create the needed hole.
A third way would be to create the word as separate elements, for example if you have the word SMALL, and you want the A to be smaller, create one text group of SM, another of A, and a third of LL. That way you can manipulate the A all you want, and it is still text.
Hope this helps.
Hi wildawson,
Using the text tool, I can only change the common properties e.g. font, font size, angle, etc., but I cannot adjust the width or height of the character.
Converting the text to curve would work, but it'll be painful if I have 20 letters.
Creating the word in separate segments will have the same problem with curve when I have many letters.
Let me describe what I want to achieve.Let's say I type the word "TESTING 1 2 3" using font Times New Roman. I want the individual letter to be half the width with the spacing/kerning remains.
For Arial, I have the "slim" version Arial Thin.But that's the only font I have that have a thin version.
In Photoshop, it's much more easier with just a single click in the Character pallette.I'm just wondering whether there's a similar way in CorelDraw.