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Edit text and use text styles

Type on the canvas, format words with the text toolbar, and keep your text consistent with text styles.

Edit a text

  • Double-click a text on the canvas, or select it and press Enter. Type, then press Esc to stop: the text layer stays selected.
  • Shift+Enter starts a new line in the same paragraph. ⌘A (Ctrl+A on Windows) selects all of the text.

Format words

While you edit, the Text formatting toolbar sits above the text. It has Bold (⌘B), Italic (⌘I), Underline (⌘U), Strikethrough (⇧⌘X), Bulleted list, Numbered list, Quote, Link and Text colour. Apply to decides whether a change applies to the selected words or the whole paragraph.

Text styles

A text style is a named set of font, size, weight, line height and spacing, used across your site.

  • Choose a Text style in the toolbar or in the Typography section.
  • Create a text style from this text saves the selected text's look as a new text style.
  • Change a text style in Assets, and every text that uses it changes with it.
  • A text you changed by hand shows how it differs from its style, with a button to reset it to the text style.

Typography and text settings

  • Typography: Font, Size, Weight, Line height and Letter spacing.
  • Text: Align, Case, underline and strikethrough styles, Max lines and Wrap.

Updated October 12, 2026