How to create a stamp online with StampJam: Step by Step Tutorial (Part 3)
In Part 2 we spoke about working with Shapes. In the upcoming section we will talk about working with Text elements.
Add & Edit Text
Since we have envisioned a round stamp, we will add a “Circular text” in this step to complement the circle you added in the first step.
To get started, Click on “Text” followed by the circular text button. Once clicked, the chosen text will be painted on the canvas. Hover over the different text types after clicking on the“Text” button. While you hover, you will notice a “Tool-tip” describing each text type. We have provided 6 “Text” types:
1.Circular
2.Line
3.Square
4.Triangle
5.Rectangle
6.Quad
Important: In order to design a stamp it is very important to add at least one text element to your custom stamp design through which you can enter company or profession name, address,registration information etc. If you don’t, the app will not allow you to download your design and will give you a “Enter Text” warning. See image below.
After adding a circular text, you will see its corresponding edit box generated on the right side of the screen. The edit box has a plethora of editing techniques. We will walk through each one so you get comfortable using the stamp maker.
Text: Enter your desired text into this field.
Font: Choose a font from the list. We have 50 fonts to choose from. The chosen font is applied to the chosen text.
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Style: We have included 5 text styling techniques:
<>Bold: Makes your text bold
<>Italic: Makes your text italic
<>Uppercase: Converts your text into Capital letters
<>Whiten: Whitens your text (refer Tips and Tricks section of the tuorial to dive deeper into text Whiten)
<>Invert: By default the text will be painted clockwise. To change your text from clockwise to counter-clockwise, click - "Invert" (see image below)
<>Font Size: Drag the slider to increase or decrease the font size. We have limited the minimum font size to 24 as we want the text to be visible once the stamp design has been inserted into a document. Anything smaller and the text in your custom stamp would be difficult to read and not serve its purpose.
<>Letter Spacing: This text editing technique increases or decreases the space between each letter in your text. The default spacing has been set to 100 which is the maximum spacing. To decrease the spacing between each letter, drag the slider left.
<>Radius: Drag the slider right to increase the radius of the text. Drag it left to decrease it.
<>Rotation: By dragging the rotation slider we can choose the starting point for our text. The default position has been set to 0, with a maximum of 100. This allows us to position the text in the desired starting point. Drag the slider right to rotate the text clockwise, drag it left to rotate the text counter-clockwise in your stamp design.
The 7 editing techniques above apply to ALL 6 Text types. The line text has 3 additional editing techniques associated with it:
<>Horizontal Position: Dragging the horizontal position slider right moves the Line text to the right of the canvas. Dragging it left moves it to the left.
<>Vertical position: Just like horizontal positional control, you can also control the vertical position. Drag the slider left to move the line text up. Dragging it right will move the line text down.
<>Rotation: Drag the slider to rotate the line text around its axis. We have provided a complete 360 degree rotation. Moving the slider right will rotate the line text clockwise. Moving it left makes it rotate counterclockwise.
In the next section, we will talk about adding and manipulating images. Stay tuned as we go from novice to pro in this 7 part Stamp Designing series.
Until, next time…
