Set the Flipped option on. OK all dialogs, and click off to de-select the text. Your text should
appear as below.
5. Repeat the process to select the three characters CAD. From the Character Effects dialog
box, set the slant angle to 20 degrees. Now highlight the word TechSoft and set the slant
angle to -20 degrees. Your text should appear as below.
6. This example demonstrates just some of the powerful text facilities available. There are often
several ways of achieving the same ends. In fact, the above outcome could also have been
achieved by drawing the text “straight”, exploding it (Edit > Explode), then using the transfor-
mation tools. There are no rights or wrongs here, experience will finally be the guide as to the
best working methods for you.
Close the current drawing, then open the drawing “textdem” and observe some of the many
other possible text effects. (Do not attempt to output this drawing, it is for observation only!)
The “textdem” file raises an important point regarding the transfer of files. Stika Design uses
Windows TrueType fonts. As drawings are created, edited, re-drawn, etc., the software refers
back to the TrueType font data stored in the computer. If a drawing is saved and then loaded
onto another computer, the text can only be reproduced correctly if the fonts used are installed
on the second computer. If the fonts are not found, Windows automatically substitutes an
alternative. The “textdem” file contains a variety of fonts unlikely to be found on your com-
puter. To be able to display them correctly, all text was first selected, then “exploded” using
the menu item Edit > Explode. This converts the text to a series of individual letter “shapes”
(paths). Although the text properties are lost, the shape of each letter can now be modified
using Start Edit, a useful feature in its own right.
(N.B. Redrawing exploded text can be much slower than redrawing normal text, so text
should only be exploded when really necessary.)
7. Try out some of the other text options, eg., Text along a path. Follow the screen prompts and
use Help if you need further explanation.
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