LESSON 8 STYLIZING TEXT

STRUCTURE
8.0 OBJECTIVES

8.1 INTRODUCTION

8.2 APPLYING STYLE USING SHAPE TOOL

8.3 STYLE EXERCISES

8.3.1 TO CREATE A GRAPHIC OR TEXT STYLE FROM AN OBJECT

8.3.2 CUSTOMIZING THE GRAPHIC AND TEXT STYLES DOCKER
WINDOW /PALETTE
8.3.3 ADDING TEXTURE TO THE TEXT - EXAMPLE 1
8.3.4 ADDING TEXTURE TO THE TEXT – EXAMPLE 2
8.3.5 ADDING TEXTURE TO THE TEXT – EXAMPLE 3
8.3.6 ADDING TEXTURE TO THE TEXT – EXAMPLE 4

8.4 ASSIGNMENTS

8.4.1 CLASS ASSIGNMENT

8.4.2 HOME ASSIGNMENT

8.5 SUMMING UP

8.6 POSSIBLE ANSWERS TO SELF-CHECK QUESTIONS

8.7 TERMINAL QUESTIONS

8.8 REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED FURTHER READING

8.9 GLOSSARY
 8. STYLIZING TEXT
In the previous Lesson we have learnt how to work with artistic and paragraph
text, formatting the text. In this lesson we shall learn to stylize text using shape tool and
some other techniques.

8.0 Objectives

After going through this Lesson, you should be able to

• Change fonts of the Text.

• Do Alignment in a text document.

8.1 Introduction
You might have seen different brand names written in beautiful shapes forms or
styles. Also, the text on the advertisements or posters of products or shop’s banners or
movies are often depicted or shown in eye catching appearance. With Corel draw you
can also give any form, colour or textural appearance to the text you create in it. Let us
learn to have more fun with text on CorelDraw.

8.2 Applying Style Using Shape Tool

CorelDraw offers a very versatile tool – the Shape tool. It is the second tool from
the top on the tool bar. This tool is a very handy tool and can be used on shapes as well
as text. This tool enables reshaping the object with the help of nodes. A new look can
be given to the object by working with these nodes.

For example, the text shown below was written with ‘Impact’ font and has been
distorted to give it a new appearance.

To use the shape tool, right click on the text and then select the option Convert to
curves. This shows all the nodes of the object. Now select the shape tool and work with
the object.
8.3 Style Exercises
i) Creating, applying, and editing graphic and text styles

A style is a set of formatting attributes. When a style is applied to an object, all

the attributes of the style are applied to that object in one step. Styles can save
considerable time if the same formatting is applied to several objects. There are graphic
styles and text styles.

A text style is a set of text settings such as font type, size, colour. Text styles also
include fill and outline attributes.

8.3.1 To create a graphic or text style from an object

1. Right-click an object whose style properties are to be saved.
2. Click Styles Save style properties.
3. Enable one or more of the following check boxes:
• Text
• Fill
• Outline
4. Type a name for the style in the Name box.
Note: When a style is created from an existing object, CorelDraw does not
automatically apply the style to the object. If the object has to use the style, it
must be applied the style.

Tip: A graphic or text style can be created from an object by dragging the object to
the Graphic and text styles Docker window / palette also.

8.3.2 Customizing the graphic and text styles Docker window/palette

1. Click Tools Graphic and text styles.
2. Click the flyout button in the Graphic and text styles Docker window/palette.
3. Click Show and click any of the following options:
Graphic styles: to display graphic styles
Artistic text styles: to display artistic text styles
Paragraph text styles: to display paragraph text styles
Auto-view: to display only those styles available to a selected
object.
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Self-check Questions
1. How does a style created from an existing object?

2. What do you mean by customizing the graphic and text styles Docker
window/palette?

Activity
1. Click Tools Graphic and text styles and then click the flyout button in the Graphic
and text styles Docker window/palette.
Click Show and click the following options one by one and enlist the various
choices of styles given in:
• Graphic styles
• Artistic text styles
• Paragraph text styles
• Auto-view

8.3.4 Adding texture to the text - Example 1

1. Select text tool and type the text preferably using thick font. This example uses
‘Impact’ font.
 2. Select Interactive Extrude Tool from the flyout menu from the tool box.

3. Create the 3D effect using Interactive Extrude Tool. Keep the text selected.

4. From the Property Bar at the top select Lighting.

5. Try out different options for lighting and create following effect.

6. From the Fountain Fill flyout menu select the Texture Fill Dialog.

7. Apply the desired texture to the text.

8.3.4 Adding texture to the text – Example 2

Type some text with the Text tool. The example illustrated below uses
AvantGarde Md BT font. Fill with Pattern fill Flyout of Fill tool. Select Interactive Drop
Shadow Tool, a Flyout of Interactive Blend tool. When the cursor changes its shape,
click on the text and drag, it creates a shadow effect. Adjust the placement and the
angle.
Activity
2. Write your name in whichever font style and colour you want and add 3-D effect
and shadow effect to it.

8.3.5 Adding texture to the text – Example 3

Type some text using text tool like the example illustrated below. Fill colour with
Texture fill, a fly out of fill color. Click on Styles and select smooth weave from the
texture library. Then click on the shape tool, click on the highlighted text nodes. Click
and drag the individual letters and arrange them as desired.

Create duplicates by pressing Ctrl+D on the key board. Select Interactive

Contour Tool, see the cursor change, and click on the text to find nodes. Place the
cursor on the node, click and drag outwards. Find the outline first and fill contour.

8.3.6 Adding texture to the text – Example 4

To create this example type TEXTILES using ‘WP MathA’ font. Fill color using
Fountain Fill, select Type
Linear; Color blend
Custom; Presets
Cylinder.

Further effects can be added using Interactive blend tool. To get this effect
duplicate the text by pressing Ctrl+D. Create some shapes using basic shapes like
octagon, star etc., Insert octagon into the star. Place this star below the text. Select
Interactive Blend tool, click on the text and drag the cursor towards the star.
Self-check Questions
3. What is the function of interactive blend tool?

Activity
3. Type any word and a shape below it; now create a blended effect using
interactive blend tool.

8.4 Assignments
8.4.1 Class assignments

i) Write your name and apply different font colour, styles and texture to the letters
and save each different style at different Corel pages.

8.4.2 Home assignments

i) Look for some attractive advertisements in magazines or television in which the

related text or/and brand names are written in artistic manner try to copy it.

8.5 Summing Up
In this lesson we have learnt how to stylize text with the help of shape tool. We
also learnt how to create text styles and adding texture to text. Adding styles and effects
using various other tools have also been demonstrated in the exercises.

8.6 Possible answers to Self-check Questions

1. To create a graphic or text style from an object
• Right-click an object whose style properties are to be saved.
• Click Styles Save style properties.
• Enable one or more of the following check boxes:
• Text
• Fill
• Outline
• Type a name for the style in the Name box.

A graphic or text style can be created from an object by dragging the object to
the Graphic and text styles Docker window / palette also.
 2. Customizing the graphic and text styles Docker window/palette means that You
can specify what types of styles graphic, artistic text, or paragraph texture
displayed in the Graphic and text styles Docker window/palette. You can also
specify that only the styles available to selected objects will display. For example,
when you select artistic text, only artistic text styles appear in the Graphic and
text styles Docker window/palette.

If you are using several styles to format a drawing, displaying only the styles
applicable to the selected object makes it easier to find the style you want. As
you select graphic objects and text objects, CorelDRAW automatically refreshes
the Docker window/palette and displays only the relevant styles.

3. The interactive blend tool combines together, two or more different effects on as
many number of objects.

8.7 Terminal Questions

1. What are the two types of text styles?

2. What is a style?

3. When you apply style to an object are all the attributes applied to it?

8.8 References and Suggested Further Reading

Help Menu & Tutorials of CorelDraw

8.9 Glossary
1. Docker Lumper, Loader

2. Customize Make according to requirements

3. Nodes Joints, turning points

4. Contour Outline, Line joining places of same

height on a map

5. Octagon Geometrical figure with eight sides