Changing the aspect ratio of text

Once you have created a text object, you can change the aspect ratio of all the characters in it or just some of them. If you want to create a new text object using a particular aspect ratio, just place the text cursor in the document and change the aspect ratio on the Text Tool Infobar.

To change the aspect ratio of text

1. Select the text you want to change (see Selecting text).

2. Choose the Text Tool.

3. Change the aspect ratio on the drop-down list on the Infobar.

Tips

An aspect ratio of 80% gives narrow (condensed) text whereas a ratio of 120% gives wide text. (Values below 80% and above 130% can make the text look distorted.)

You can also change the size of whole text objects using the Selector Tool. See Scaling objects.

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