➞ Adding text elements using the text button and keyboard shortcut
➞ Selecting text styles such as headings, subheadings, or paragraph text
➞ Changing font styles:
● Adjusting font size using the plus and minus buttons or entering the size directly
● Changing the color of text using the color swatches or adding a custom color
● Applying font styling options such as bold, italics, underline, and uppercase
● Adjusting text alignment including center, left, right, and justified alignment
➞ Adding bullets or creating lists with bullet or numbered formats
➞ Modifying line spacing and letter spacing for text elements
➞ Adjusting opacity to control the transparency of text elements
In this video tutorial, you'll delve into the world of text manipulation within Canva, gaining essential skills to enhance your designs. You'll learn the basics of adding text elements effortlessly using either the intuitive text button or convenient keyboard shortcuts. Through clear demonstrations, you'll discover how to unleash your creativity by customizing text with a variety of fonts, sizes, and colors to perfectly complement your designs. Additionally, you'll explore the power of font styling, including options to make text bold, italicize, underline, or even change its case to suit your design needs. Dive deeper as you master techniques to align text precisely and create visually appealing lists using bullet points. Finally, you'll uncover additional text styling features such as adjusting line spacing and opacity to add finesse to your creations. By the end of this tutorial, you'll feel empowered to transform text elements into impactful design elements within Canva.
Try out what you just learnt using the interactive plugin given below. You have to add a text-box to the blank Canva template, make it bold, increase the text size and change the colour of the font by following the step-by-step tutorial provided.
Note that you can switch the format to "try it-interactive" mode instead of "scroll" mode for a better experience.