Text - additional styling options for the text box in the text frame studio

[Intuos5]

Right now, we can only apply a fill to a text box in the character/ text styles. Or a fill + stroke in the text frame studio in Publisher (this should also be available in Designer and Photo for text graphics!). I would love to see additional features to control the text box styling. Changing the size of the textbox dynamically with a top/bottom/left/right offset, a top/bottom/left/right stroke (or multiple strokes for double lines) rounding the frame that is used for artistic text, etc. It is very handy if you have more granular control, so you can create more sophisticated styles that are applied dynamically. Saves a lot of manual editing work.

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, Intuos5 said:

Changing the size of the textbox dynamically with a top/bottom/left/right offset,

Isn't that one already supported by the Text Frame panel's Insets? If not, please explain further.

[Intuos5]

1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:

Isn't that one already supported by the Text Frame panel's Insets? If not, please explain further.

Only for frame text, not for artistic text for some reason

[walt.farrell]

12 minutes ago, Intuos5 said:

Only for frame text, not for artistic text for some reason

It's not for Artistic Text, because that doesn't really have a frame (in the same sense as Frame Text). You just position the Artistic Text where you need it.

[Intuos5]

But, for text annotations, I prefer to use Artistic text, because I can place it more easily and it changes the text box dynamically. Of course you cannot technically use inset on it. What I want is to increase the text box size instead (to extend the reach of the text frame fill). So your suggestion of using the inset feature is only a partial solution, meaning this is a feature worth implementing.

[MikeTO]

28 minutes ago, Intuos5 said:

But, for text annotations, I prefer to use Artistic text, because I can place it more easily and it changes the text box dynamically. Of course you cannot technically use inset on it. What I want is to increase the text box size instead (to extend the reach of the text frame fill). So your suggestion of using the inset feature is only a partial solution, meaning this is a feature worth implementing.

I doubt this would ever happen because as Walt pointed out, there is no frame to inset from.

However you may be able to achieve what you want by using Paragraph > Decorations. Just set negative outdent values and the stroke colour/thickness.

Cheers