Text Layer

About Text Layers

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A Text Layer can be created with the Text Tool or by drag and drop.

Parameters of Text Layers

The parameters of the text layers are:

Name	Value	Type
Z Depth Parameter	0.000000	real
Opacity	1.000000	real
Blend Method	Composite	integer
Text	Text Layer	string
Color Dialog		color
Font Family	Sans Serif	string
Style	Nomral	integer
Weight	Normal	integer
Horizontal Spacing	1.000000	real
Vertical Spacing	1.000000	real
Size	0.500000u,0.500000u	vector
Orientation	0.500000u,0.500000u	vector
Origin	0.00000u,0.000000u	vector
Kerning		bool
Sharpen Edges		bool
Inver		bool

How to use Text Layer

Quick trick that allows to use custom fonts in Synfig.

Here’s what you need:

• Put your font (ttf) file in the same dir as your Synfig (sif or sifz) file.

• Create Text Layer and in the Font Family parameter put full filename of font file (i.e. “LobsterTwo-Regular.ttf”, without quotes).

That’s it!

After examining font files, you might notice that different variants of font style are usually residing in separate files (i.e. “LobsterTwo-Italic.ttf”, “LobsterTwo-Bold.ttf”, “LobsterTwo-BoldItalic.ttf”, etc). So you can use different font variants in the same way just by referencing the appropriate font file.

If your font file is placed in different location, then you can specify absolute or relative path to it (i.e. “../fonts/LobsterTwo-Bold.ttf”).