Text - Yarn Help

Text turns an overlay into a title, a label or a callout that tells viewers what they’re looking at. Ask the Agent: “Change the title to say Launch Day.” · “Make the headline bigger and use our brand’s accent color.”

Do it yourself

Add and edit text

Press T. Yarn adds text in your brand’s font to the overlay at the playhead, or makes a new overlay if there isn’t one. You can also select an overlay and click Insert → Text.
Select the text and press Enter, or double-click it, then type. Press Escape when you’re done.

While you’re typing, select some words and press ⌘B for bold or ⌘I for italic. Style changes in the top bar apply to just the words you’ve selected.

Style it

Select the text to see its controls in the top bar.

Control	What it does
Auto Width	Grows the box sideways as you type.
Auto Height	Keeps the width and wraps the text onto new lines.
Fixed Size	Keeps the box at the size you drag it to.
Text Style	Applies one of your brand’s text styles, if it has any.
Font, weight and Font Size	Changes the typeface and how big and heavy it is.
Alignment	Lines text up left, center or right.
Color and Opacity	Sets the text color and how see-through it is.

For more, click Show Detail Panel. Under Typography you’ll find letter spacing and line height, and you can add a Highlight behind the words, a Stroke around them, or a Shadow. Related: Overlays and templates · Colors and effects · Brand Kit

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