How to Use Fontwork

Method 1 of 3:

Create a Fontwork Object

Know what Fontwork is. With Fontwork you can create graphical text art objects for making your work more attractive. There are many different settings for text art objects (line, area, position, size, and more), so you have a large choice. You will surely find one that fits your document.
Use two different toolbars for creating and editing a Fontwork object.
1. Go to View > Toolbars > Fontwork.
2. If you click on an existing Fontwork object, the Formatting toolbar changes to display the Fontwork. The contents of this toolbar vary depending on the OpenOffice.org component.
On the Drawing or Fontwork toolbar, click the Fontwork Gallery icon: . If the Drawing toolbar is not visible, go to View > Toolbars > Drawing to display it.
In the Fontwork Gallery dialog, select a Fontwork style, then click OK. The Fontwork object will appear in your document. Notice the blue squares around the edge (indicating that the object is selected) and the yellow dot; these are discussed in Moving and resizing Fontwork objects.
Double-click the object to edit the Fontwork text. Type your own text in place of the black Fontwork text that appears over the object (Figure 4).
Click anywhere in a free space or press Esc to apply your changes.

Method 2 of 3:

Edit a Fontwork object

Now that the Fontwork object is created, edit some of its attributes. To do this, you can use the Fontwork toolbar, the Formatting toolbar, or menu options as described in this section.
Make sure that the Fontwork toolbar is visible. If you do not see it, go to View > Toolbars > Fontwork.
Click on the different icons to edit Fontwork objects: .
1. Fontwork Shape: Edits the shape of the selected object. You can choose from a palette of shapes, as shown in Figure 5.
2. Fontwork Same Letter Heights: Changes the height of characters in the object. Toggles between normal height (some characters taller than others, for example capital letters, d, h, l and others) and all letters the same height.
3. Fontwork Alignment: Changes the alignment of characters. Choices are left align, center, right align, word justify, and stretch justify. The effects of the text alignment can only be seen if the text spans over two or more lines. In the stretch justify mode, all the lines are filled completely.
4. Fontwork Character Spacing: Changes the character spacing and kerning in the object. For custom spacing, input a percentage value: 100% is normal spacing; less than 100% is tight spacing; more than 100% is expanded spacing.
Use the Formatting toolbar. With this tool, you can go further and customize the Fontwork object with several more attributes.
Click on the Fontwork object. The Formatting toolbar changes to show all the options for editing the object. (For example, the toolbar will appear when you use Fontwork in Writer.)
1. On the Formatting toolbar you have a large choice of options for customizing your object. These choices are the same as the ones for other drawing objects.
Use Line options.
1. Line icon: Opens a dialog with three tabs: Line, Line Styles, Arrow Styles.
  1. Use the Line tab to edit the most common properties of the line around the selected Fontwork object, by choosing from previously-defined attributes including line style, line color, and arrow styles.
  2. Use the Lines Styles and Arrow Styles tabs to edit the properties of line and arrow styles, and define new styles.
    1. Arrow Style icon: Choose from the different arrow styles.
    2. Line Style box: Choose from the available line styles.
    3. Line Width box: Set the width of the line.
    4. Line Color box: Select the color of the line.
Use Area options.
1. Area icon: Opens a dialog (Figure 11) with seven tabs: Area, Shadow, Transparency, Colors, Gradients, Hatching, Bitmaps.
  1. 1. Area tab: Choose from the predefined list a color, bitmap, gradient or hatching pattern to fill the selected object.
    2. Shadow tab: Set the shadow properties of the selected object.
    3. Transparency tab: Set the transparency properties of the selected object.
    4. Colors tab: Modify the available colors or add new ones to appear on the Area tab.
    5. Gradients tab: Modify the available gradients or add new ones to appear on the Area tab.
    6. Hatching tab: Modify the available hatching patterns or add new ones to appear on the Area tab.
    7. Bitmaps tab: Create simple bitmap patterns and import bitmaps, to make them available on the Area tab.
  2. Area Style / Filling boxes: Select the type of the fill of the selected object. For more detailed settings, use the Area icon.
Position your Fontwork object.
1. Rotate icon: Rotate the selected object manually using the mouse to drag the object.
  1. 1. To Foreground icon: Moves the selected object in front of the text.
    2. To Background icon: Moves the selected object behind the text.
    3. Alignment icon: Modifies the alignment of the selected objects.
    4. Bring to front icon: Moves the selected object in front of the others.
    5. to back icon: Moves the selected object behind the others.
    6. Anchor icon: Switch between anchoring options:
    7. To Page - The object keeps the same position in relation to the page margins. It does not move as you add or delete text.
    8. To Paragraph - The object is associated with a paragraph and moves with the paragraph. It may be placed in the margin or another location.
    9. To Character - The object is associated with a character but is not in the text sequence. It moves with the paragraph but may be placed in the margin or another location. This method is similar to anchoring to a paragraph.
    10. As Character - The object is placed in the document like any character and moves with the paragraph as you add or delete text before the object.
    11. Ungroup icon: Ungroups the selected objects, so you can manage them individually .
    12. Group icon: Groups the selected objects, so you can manage them as a single object.
Use the menu options.
1. You can use some the choices on the Format menu to anchor, align, arrange and group selected Fontwork objects, wrap text around them, and flip them horizontally and vertically.
2. You can also right-click on a Fontwork object and choose many of the same options from the pop-up menu. In addition, the pop-up menu provides quick access to the Line, Area, Text, and Position and Size dialogs. The Line and Area dialogs are described on pages 4 and 5. The Text dialog offers only a few options for Fontwork objects and is not discussed here.
3. On the Position and Size dialog, you can enter precise values concerning size and position.

Method 3 of 3:

Move and Resize Fontwork objects

When you select a Fontwork object, eight blue squares (known as handles) appear around the edge of the object, as shown in Figure 4. You can drag these handles to resize the object.
1. A yellow dot also appears on the object. This dot may be along an edge of the object, or it may be somewhere else. If you hover the pointer over this yellow dot, the pointer turns into a hand symbol. You can drag the dot in different directions to distort the object.
2. Hovering the pointer over other parts of the object turns the pointer into the usual symbol for dragging the object to another part of the page.
3. For precise control of the location and size of the object, use the Position and Size dialog.

Micah Soto

Update 05 March 2020

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How to Use Fontwork

Create a Fontwork Object

Edit a Fontwork object

Move and Resize Fontwork objects

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