# TEXT TOOL

If you want to add some **notes** or **numbers** or your map, you can use the built-in **text tool**. It's pretty basic but it works. Kinda.

## ADDING AND EDITING TEXT There are two modes in the Text Tool: **Edit** and **Move**. * **Edit** allows you to make a new text by clicking anywhere on the map, or editing a text you made by clicking on it. It's also the mode that allows you to **Delete** your text, change the font, the size and the color of your text, and add a box around it. * **Move** allows you to move your text by clicking on it and dragging it.

To **delete** a text, select the **Edit** mode, click on your text, then press the **Delete** button.

To **change the font** of a text, select the **Edit** mode, click on your text, then select font you want in the dropdown menu.

Click on the font name to open the dropdown menu

{% hint style="info" %} You can add more fonts in [Preferences](/guide/introduction/first-look/main-menu.md#preferences). {% endhint %} To **change the size** of a text, select the **Edit** mode, click on your text, then set the size you want by any of these methods: * Typing the size in the **font size box** * Clicking on the small **arrows** on the right of the font size box * Clicking on the font size box and using your MOUSE WHEEL to increase or decrease the size.

To **change the color** of a text, select the **Edit** mode, click on your text, then click on the color picker.

{% hint style="info" %} See the [Custom Color Palette Chapter](/guide/general-info/custom-color-palette.md) for more info. {% endhint %} ## OTHER SETTINGS ### Text box You can add a **box** around your text. Select the **Edit** mode, click on your text, then enable the **Text Box** button.

Then, some new **options** will appear. You can now choose between a **square** and a **rounded** box, the width of the **border** and the [**colors**](/guide/general-info/custom-color-palette.md) used.

### Sharpen Fonts You can make your text look sharper by clicking on **Sharpen Fonts** (applies to all texts at once). Mostly visible when you zoom in a lot.

### Enable/Disable text You can choose to display or hide all your texts at once by clicking on the **Visible** button.

## USEFUL INFO {% hint style="warning" %} ### 📌 Good to know 📌 * You can't write several lines at once in the same text box * You can't change the settings of part of a text {% endhint %} {% hint style="info" %} ## *Author's Thoughts* *The text tool is very limited and absolutely not user friendly. The fact that you need two different modes to type and move the text is super frustrating. I wouldn't recommend to use it, prefer a third party tool like Photoshop, GIMP or Photopea if you want more control.* {% endhint %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://dungeondraft-encyclopaedia.gitbook.io/guide/all-the-tools/text-tool.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.