Instruction Manual

Chapter 16 Text 655
Note: For Crop At Margins to be active, Layout Method must be set to Paragraph, and the
text object must be attened. For more information about attening text, see Text Rendering
controls in the Layout pane on page 655.
Text Rendering controls in the Layout pane
Use the Text Rendering controls to set how text objects are displayed in 3D layers.
Parameters in the Inspector
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Flatten: Select this checkbox to force text characters to remain in a 2D plane. In 3D groups,
text characters on a path may be inuenced by behaviors in ways that interfere with linear
alignment. For instance, a simulation behavior might pull nearby text characters out of their
plane. When Flatten is selected, the text can still interact with other objects in 3D space, but
only as a attened image, like a card.
Unflattened text on a 3D path can weave through
other elements in a project.
After you select Flatten, the text characters no longer move in 3D space.
Flattened text image only exists in X and Y and
can only interact with other objects as a flat card.
Consider the following guidelines when using the Flatten checkbox:
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The Flatten checkbox must be selected for text to receive reections. If the Flatten checkbox
is not selected, the Reections parameter does not appear in the Properties Inspector. For
more information on using reections, see Reections overview on page 9 51.
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The Flatten checkbox must be selected to use the 2D transform tools in the toolbar (Select/
Transform, Anchor Point, Distort, Drop Shadow, Four Corner, and Crop).
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The Flatten checkbox must be selected to apply a mask to text. The mask tools in the toolbar
are not available when Flatten is deselected.
Note: When a text object rotated in Z space is attened, text that is farther from the camera
(further away in Z space) appears smaller. For more information, see 3D group properties on
page 927.
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