Shifting and rotating text

Shifting artistic and paragraph text vertically and horizontally can create an interesting effect. You can also rotate characters. Straightening text pulls the text into its original position. You can return vertically shifted characters to the baseline without affecting their rotation angle. You can also mirror artistic and paragraph text.

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Rotated characters


To shift or rotate a character

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Select the character or characters by using the Text tool CorelDRAW loc pgx text tool Shifting and rotating text.
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Click the Character shift roll-down arrow in the Character formatting docker, type a value in one of the following boxes:
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Angle — A positive number rotates characters counterclockwise, and a negative number rotates characters clockwise.
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Horizontal shift — A positive number moves characters to the right, and a negative number moves characters to the left.
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Vertical shift — A positive number moves characters up, and a negative number moves characters down.
If the Character formatting docker isn’t open, click Text CorelDRAW onestep Shifting and rotating text Character formatting.

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You can also use the Shape tool CorelDRAW pgx shape tool Shifting and rotating text to shift or rotate characters. Select the character node or nodes, and then type values in the Horizontal shift box CorelDRAW pgx txt hor Shifting and rotating text , Vertical shift box CorelDRAW pgx txt vert Shifting and rotating text , or Angle of rotation box CorelDRAW pgx txt rot Shifting and rotating text on the property bar.

To straighten a shifted or rotated character

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Select the text.
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Click Text CorelDRAW onestep Shifting and rotating text Straighten text.

To return a vertically shifted character to the baseline

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In the toolbox, click the Shape tool CorelDRAW pgx shape tool Shifting and rotating text.
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Select the text object, and select the node to the left of the character.
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Click Text CorelDRAW onestep Shifting and rotating text Align to baseline.

To mirror text

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Using the Text tool CorelDRAW loc pgx text tool Shifting and rotating text, select the artistic text or the paragraph text frame.
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On the property bar, click one of the following buttons:
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Mirror horizontally CorelDRAW pgx text mir hor Shifting and rotating text — flips the text characters from left to right
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Mirror vertically CorelDRAW pgx text mir ver Shifting and rotating text — flips the text characters from top to bottom

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You can also mirror text fitted to a path. For more information, see “To mirror text fitted to a path.”

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Left to right: Original text, the text mirrored vertically, and the text mirrored horizontally


To flip text by dragging diagonally

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Using the Text tool CorelDRAW loc pgx text tool Shifting and rotating text, select the artistic text or the paragraph text frame.
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Drag a corner selection handle across the text and past the corner handle on the opposite side.

Shifting and rotating text