1 00:00:00.05 --> 00:00:01.07 - [Man] When it comes to using text, 2 00:00:01.07 --> 00:00:03.02 there's actually a couple different types. 3 00:00:03.02 --> 00:00:04.09 So I'm going to use the text tool. 4 00:00:04.09 --> 00:00:07.01 And what I want to do is I want to zoom in 5 00:00:07.01 --> 00:00:09.01 and just add some text right here. 6 00:00:09.01 --> 00:00:10.08 So with the text tool, I'm going to click, 7 00:00:10.08 --> 00:00:15.09 and then I'm going to type in, basically, Peaks. 8 00:00:15.09 --> 00:00:17.07 Just like that. 9 00:00:17.07 --> 00:00:20.01 Now with that text selected, 10 00:00:20.01 --> 00:00:22.06 I can change the fill color, 11 00:00:22.06 --> 00:00:24.07 which is basically the color of the font, 12 00:00:24.07 --> 00:00:26.09 and start to adjust the size. 13 00:00:26.09 --> 00:00:28.07 This says Helvetica New. 14 00:00:28.07 --> 00:00:31.06 I'm actually just going to pick a different font right now. 15 00:00:31.06 --> 00:00:35.09 We can go down to, like an Arial, for instance. 16 00:00:35.09 --> 00:00:38.03 There's Arial, and then I can resize this. 17 00:00:38.03 --> 00:00:41.04 So typically what I do is I select that field 18 00:00:41.04 --> 00:00:43.00 and just use my arrow keys, 19 00:00:43.00 --> 00:00:45.08 using the up arrow to kind of get this a little larger, 20 00:00:45.08 --> 00:00:48.04 say, about 36 point right there. 21 00:00:48.04 --> 00:00:49.02 Just like that. 22 00:00:49.02 --> 00:00:52.06 So using my selection tool I can move it over. 23 00:00:52.06 --> 00:00:54.07 And what's unique about Adobe XD, 24 00:00:54.07 --> 00:00:57.02 is you actually have this little circle right down here. 25 00:00:57.02 --> 00:00:58.03 And this is a control point 26 00:00:58.03 --> 00:01:02.00 to allow you to manipulate the size much more visually 27 00:01:02.00 --> 00:01:05.03 within the context of actually working on this nav. 28 00:01:05.03 --> 00:01:07.09 So I can increase it to about 39, 29 00:01:07.09 --> 00:01:08.08 that looks a little better. 30 00:01:08.08 --> 00:01:11.03 And now what I can do is I can take this, 31 00:01:11.03 --> 00:01:13.05 and I need to do this a couple more times, 32 00:01:13.05 --> 00:01:14.09 so I can use the text tool. 33 00:01:14.09 --> 00:01:15.08 When I click again, 34 00:01:15.08 --> 00:01:18.08 it's actually going to remember what that is. 35 00:01:18.08 --> 00:01:21.04 So, Routes. 36 00:01:21.04 --> 00:01:23.00 Remembers the size. 37 00:01:23.00 --> 00:01:25.06 I can go over here, click one more time. 38 00:01:25.06 --> 00:01:28.00 And we will do Hikers, 39 00:01:28.00 --> 00:01:31.04 the different hikers for these different peaks. 40 00:01:31.04 --> 00:01:33.01 I can position these accordingly. 41 00:01:33.01 --> 00:01:36.05 I get all of those various alignment tools 42 00:01:36.05 --> 00:01:39.09 as I start to see, 43 00:01:39.09 --> 00:01:43.02 maybe making sure each one's about a hundred pixels apart. 44 00:01:43.02 --> 00:01:45.06 Kind of moving that over, just like that. 45 00:01:45.06 --> 00:01:47.00 So that looks pretty good. 46 00:01:47.00 --> 00:01:49.03 I could size them all down as well, 47 00:01:49.03 --> 00:01:51.01 just like I can any other graphic, 48 00:01:51.01 --> 00:01:52.00 but I'm going to go beyond that 49 00:01:52.00 --> 00:01:55.00 because I'm actually going to use the text tool again 50 00:01:55.00 --> 00:01:55.09 and I'm going to create a title. 51 00:01:55.09 --> 00:01:59.01 So I can do a click and drag, and what this does, 52 00:01:59.01 --> 00:02:01.05 is this actually creates, right over here, 53 00:02:01.05 --> 00:02:04.02 an area text box, all right? 54 00:02:04.02 --> 00:02:07.02 So click and drag's going to give you that area text box. 55 00:02:07.02 --> 00:02:09.03 And then caps lock, 56 00:02:09.03 --> 00:02:12.04 (keyboard clicking) 57 00:02:12.04 --> 00:02:14.03 you can see how it wraps, right? 58 00:02:14.03 --> 00:02:16.06 And that's exactly what I expect. 59 00:02:16.06 --> 00:02:18.06 Your Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners. 60 00:02:18.06 --> 00:02:20.08 So when I use the selection tool, 61 00:02:20.08 --> 00:02:22.02 notice how I'm given this box, 62 00:02:22.02 --> 00:02:24.02 and I can adjust it accordingly. 63 00:02:24.02 --> 00:02:25.05 But really what I want to do is, 64 00:02:25.05 --> 00:02:27.04 I actually want to change this to point text. 65 00:02:27.04 --> 00:02:30.03 So I can go over here, point text, click, 66 00:02:30.03 --> 00:02:32.04 that's exactly what these text items are, 67 00:02:32.04 --> 00:02:34.05 and I've changes this to point text. 68 00:02:34.05 --> 00:02:37.05 Now I can go ahead and maybe center it, 69 00:02:37.05 --> 00:02:42.00 scale it up, and even adjust the kerning, if you will, 70 00:02:42.00 --> 00:02:44.02 or tracking. 71 00:02:44.02 --> 00:02:45.09 Let's try 100. 72 00:02:45.09 --> 00:02:48.04 Let's actually bring that up to about 200, 73 00:02:48.04 --> 00:02:50.02 something like that. 74 00:02:50.02 --> 00:02:54.01 Even 300, that's probably the max I want to go. 75 00:02:54.01 --> 00:02:58.04 I'm kind of showing how expansive or large this is. 76 00:02:58.04 --> 00:03:00.09 Colorado's fourteeners are vast, 77 00:03:00.09 --> 00:03:02.05 this is what I'm trying to communicate here. 78 00:03:02.05 --> 00:03:04.05 So I can start to position that into place. 79 00:03:04.05 --> 00:03:07.03 Sure enough, point text, you can have area text, 80 00:03:07.03 --> 00:03:09.02 you can switch between those two, 81 00:03:09.02 --> 00:03:11.09 and then manipulate all the different properties 82 00:03:11.09 --> 00:03:15.09 as you'd expect when it comes to text in Adobe XD.