Transparency Value for Text, different Value for Textbox

[PeterRZ]

One thing I'm missing.

"The other" Pagelayout Software allows to specify a transparency for a Textbox-frame AND another Value for the Text itself. e.g. Text 100 % and 50 % for the Box. 

I'm using that quite often because that gives black Text and still allows a softed overlay. See sample.

 

[ronnyb]

The reverse is also useful: Knocking out the text box using the text itself while retaining transparency parameters for both text and box, independently....

[fde101]

You can do this now in Publisher using the Text Frame studio, but that is missing in Designer so I don't see a way to do it there either.

Probably one of the most sensible places to put this would be the "Context" popup of the Fill tool.  Currently it has "Fill" and "Stroke" which control the selected text attributes, I am thinking that "Box Fill" and "Box Stroke" (or otherwise named) could be added when a text box is selected to control the properties of the text box?

[carl123]

In designer 1.7 beta you can create a shape with the opacity and stroke you want then convert that to Shape Text, retaining that opacity and stroke for the shape.

But it's not as flexible as Publisher as I don't think you can further adjust the opacity or stroke of the shape later on

[fde101]

Of course there is always the solution of leaving the text box transparent and simply placing it over top of a simple rectangle that can provide the semi-opaque background.

[ronnyb]

4 hours ago, fde101 said:

Of course there is always the solution of leaving the text box transparent and simply placing it over top of a simple rectangle that can provide the semi-opaque background.

Unless you want transparent type knocking out through the box... then you'd have to get into compounds and booleans....