Breaking Text Apart

Text contained in a text field is treated as a single drawing object. You can easily separate the text so each character becomes an individual drawing object that you can select and modify independently.

ClosedHow to break a text object
  1. In the Tools toolbar, click the Select tool or press Alt + S.
  1. In the Drawing or Camera view, select the text object you want to break.

  1. From the top menu, select Drawing > Convert > Break ApartText Layers.
  • From the Drawing or Camera view menu, select Drawing > Convert > Break ApartText Layers.

Each character is surrounded by a bounding box that you can modify; they remain text objects that you can edit.

  1. If you want to convert your independent letter to a complete vector object that you can deform, use the Select tool to select the letters to convert.
  1. From the top menu, select Drawing > Convert > Break Apart Text Layers to break the selection into a regular drawing object, with no more text attributes.
  • From the Drawing or Camera view menu, select Drawing > Convert > Break Apart Text Layers to break the selection into a regular drawing object, with no more text attributes.

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