Modifying Text Segments - ELNA XPRESSIVE 2 User Manual

To move letters closer together:
1 Create your lettering.
2 Select your lettering, if it is not already
selected.
3 Click the Segment Settings
the ribbon.
You see the Segment Settings property
pages.
4 Click the Text property page.
5 In the Text box, enter the less than sign
(<) between the letters you want to kern.
For example, if you wanted to tighten the
space between the "K" and "e" in the
word Kerning, you would enter:
K<<<<erning.
6 Click OK.
You see the lettering altered accordingly.
To move letters farther apart:
1 Create your lettering.
2 Select your lettering, if it is not already
selected.
3 Click the Segment Settings
the ribbon.
You see the Segment Settings property
pages.
4 Click the Text property page.
5 In the Text box, enter the more than sign
(>) between the letters you want to kern.
For example, if you wanted more space
between the "K" and "e" in the word
Kerning, you would enter: K>>>>erning.
6 Click OK.
You see the lettering altered accordingly.
Normal and adjusted kerning
tool on

Modifying Text segments

With Visual Text Editing you can modify text
segments and the segment will automatically
make the changes as you type. You can
manipulate text in a way similar to word
processing programs.
When modifying text segments, you
should be careful of how other segments
will be affected. For more information on
the general rules of editing segments,
see "Editing Segments".
To modify text segments visually:
tool on
1 In the Edit toolbar, click the Select
tool and select the existing text.
You will see the handles around the
selected text segment.
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