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Build Date: 10/9/2026, 5:01:31 AM

Text Tool

The Text tool is used to create either text, either of a fixed size, or contained within a box


Creating Text

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To begin using the text tool select the icon and click anywhere in the job to place your anchor. You should see a flashing caret indicating where the text will appear. Type the text you like and it will appear. You can click on the spaces between letters to reposition the caret and start typing from that point.


Adusting Spacing

Whilst within the text tool you can adjust the spacing between words, and between lines.

  • Holding down CTRL whilst clicking between characters will increase the spacing

  • Holding down CTRL whilst clicking between lines will increase the line spacing

  • Holding down CTRL+SHIFT whilst clicking between characters will decrease the spacing

  • Holding down CTRL + SHIFT whilst clicking between the lines will decrease the line spacing


Options

The following options can be used to adjust the look of the text. Each can be selected from the floating toolbar that appears when the tool is in use

Font

Use the font selector to select the font. You can choose from standard System fonts or alternatively a Single-line fonts which are specifically designed to be machined along.

Tip

Write your text, and then scroll over the text box to see how your text will look in different fonts quickly.

Font Size

The font size can be set to a specific value.

Bold

Use the option to give the font a heavier weight

Italic

Use this option to use an italic variant of this font. May not always be available.

Alignment

Use the alignment options to align the text, to the center, right, or left of the original anchor point.

Arc Text

Once the text has been created, you can curve the text object by selecting the Transform tool >
Left click on the text object; Green transform handles will appear above and below the bounding box;
If you left click and hold whilst dragging up or down, the text will arc in the direction of the cursor.


Text in a box

It can be beneficial sometimes to want text to be constrained and fit the dimensions of a box.


In order to create text in a box then we should click on a vector to select it. The bounding box of the vector will be the box within which the text is constrained.