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Add and edit text

Place a text layer, type into it and style single words differently.

Reach for a text layer for anything a row will change, such as a title, a price or a badge. Every text layer becomes a variable when you save the template, named after the layer.

Add a text layer

Pick the Text tool

Press T, or choose Text in the toolbar at the bottom. If it is greyed out and says Loading fonts, wait a moment until a font has loaded.

Click or drag

Click once on the canvas for text that grows as you type. Drag a box instead for text with a fixed width that wraps onto new lines. A new layer named Text appears in Layers, with its words already selected.

Type, then finish

Type your words. They replace the selected placeholder. Press Esc to stop typing. The tool went back to Move as soon as the layer was placed. A text layer you leave empty is deleted.

New text is size 48 and black. Change that in Fonts and styling.

Edit text that is already there

Double-click the text layer on the canvas, or select it and press Enter. You can also change the words in the Text box of the Design panel. Press Esc when you are done.

Style some words differently

Double-click the layer to start typing, then select the words you want to change. Use Font, Style, the size field, Case or the Fill colour in the Design panel. Only the selected words change. The rest keep their style.

A layer with several styles shows one text box per part in the Text section, labelled Span 1, Span 2 and so on. Each distinct style becomes a style you can use per row in a batch. See Styled text.

A text layer is named after its words until you rename it, so it changes as you type. Rename each one in Layers (double-click the name) before you save. The layer name is the column name in your sheet, and two layers with the same name cannot be told apart.

Try it

On the sale card, add four text layers with T and type the first row of the sample sheet:

  1. Everyday Tee, renamed Title.
  2. ₹799, renamed Price.
  3. ₹1299, renamed Was Price.
  4. New season, renamed Badge.

You should see four layers with those names in Layers.

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Updated 1 Nov 2026

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