What are the Text Wrapping Options?

So, now that you’ve seen how to access the text wrapping options let’s talk about how they work. You
can group these options into three main types:

 Square, Tight, and Through: These three options are all variations on the same thing. Text wraps
around all four sides of your object.
 Top and Bottom: This option keeps the text above and below the object, but not to its sides
 Behind Text and In Front Of Text: These two options don’t affect the text at all. The image either
appears behind text or in front of it.

Let’s take a closer look at these.

Square, Tight and Through

These options all wrap the text around the four sides of your object. They are all slightly different,
although it won’t be obvious if you’re using a square image like we are here.

The “Square” setting wraps the text around the square (or rectangular) boundary of the object (even if
the object itself isn’t square, it does have a square boundary), leaving a consistent gap between the
text and the image.

The “Tight” setting tries to wrap the text as closely as possible around the object itself, using the contours of the
image rather than the boundary if the object isn’t square. It’s easier to show this with a shape than our square
geek picture.
The “Through” setting allows the text to flow into the white space of the object if you’ve got a transparent
background. Here, you can see that the text wraps much more tightly and follows the contours of our square
object because it’s allowed to wrap through our transparent background.

In practice, the Tight and Through settings work similarly. If we were to apply either of those settings to
the objects in the two preceding images, you’d get pretty much the same result. So, you’ll have to play
with the options a bit to see what works for you.

Top and Bottom

This setting keeps the text above and below the object so that the object never interrupts text within a
line. You can drag the object around however you like, always knowing that it will remain on its own
line.

Behind Text and In Front of Text

These two options don’t change the flow of the text around the image, but instead, put the image on a
different layer than the text. The “Behind text” setting moves the image behind the text, which is useful
for a custom background or a watermark. The “In front of text” setting lets the image show on top of the
text, which you can use for overlays.