Fontwork Dialogue (for putting text along a curve)
Simple tool for putting text along a curve without any fancy effects.
This Fontwork dialogue box is meant for making text follow a curve. Draw a curve, double-click it and type text into it. With the curve selected, you can now activate the Fontwork command. Access the dialogue box by choosing Format - Text Box and Shape - FontworkFirst call Tools - Customise to add a menu command or a toolbar button to open the dialogue box. The Fontwork command is found in the Format category of the Customize dialogue box.
Alignment icons
You can make text follow any shape. Most of the custom shapes available in the Drawing toolbar need to be converted to a different type before you can use them with Fontwork. In Impress or Draw, right-click the shape and select Convert - To Curve/Polygon/Contour. If you wish, you can now copy and paste the converted shape into Writer for use with Fontwork. Shapes in the Legacy Circles and Ovals and Legacy Rectangles toolbars do not need to be converted. The Arc included in the basic shapes is also a legacy shape.
Removes baseline formatting.
Off
Uses the top or the bottom edge of the selected object as the text baseline.
Rotate
Uses the top or the bottom edge of the selected object as the text baseline and preserves the original vertical alignment of the individual characters.
Upright
Horizontally slants the characters in the text object.
Slant Horizontal
Vertically slants the characters in the text object.
Slant Vertical
Reverses the text flow direction, and flips the text horizontally or vertically. To use this command, you must first apply a different baseline to the text.
Orientation
Aligns the text to the left end of the text baseline.
Align Left
Centres the text on the text baseline.
Centre
Aligns the text to the right end of the text baseline.
Align Right
Resizes the text to fit the length of the text baseline.
AutoSize Text
Enter the amount of space that you want to leave between the text baseline and the base of the individual characters.
Distance
Enter the amount of space to leave between the beginning of the text baseline and the beginning of the text.
Indent
Shows or hides the text baseline or the edges of the selected object.
Contour
Shows or hides the borders of the individual characters in the text.
Text Contour
Removes the shadow effects that you applied to the text.
No Shadow
Adds a shadow to the text in the selected object. Click this button, and then enter the dimensions of the shadow in the Distance X and the Distance Y boxes.
Vertical
Adds a slant shadow to the text in the selected object. Click this button, and then enter the dimensions of the shadow in the Distance X and the Distance Y boxes.
Slant
Horizontal Distance
Enter the horizontal distance between the text characters and the edge of the shadow.
X Distance
Vertical Distance
Enter the vertical distance between the text characters and the edge of the shadow.
Y Distance
Shadow Colour
Select a colour for the text shadow.