Understanding the basics of the Text tool

In this section, we're going to get a basic look at how to use the text tools and the basic settings before building on the knowledge in the sections that follow. Let's add some text to a drawing using the following steps:

1. Open a blank canvas or a drawing to add some text to.
2. Choose the Text category of the tools from the toolbar.
3. Make sure that the Text subcategory is chosen in the Sub Tool palette.
4. Select the Text tool.
5. In the Tool property palette, select the desired font from the drop-down menu. This menu will populate with fonts that have been installed on your computer system.
6. Select the size of the font by using the slider or the up and down arrows.
7. The alignment of the text (left, center, or right) can be set in the justify section of the Tool property palette.
8. Set Text Direction to either horizontal or vertical.
9. Set Text Color using the options shown. Text Color can either be the currently...