Add New Text Layer

To add a text to your artwork, click on the Add text button.

If you import artwork from a PSD file, Persify will consider text layers as image layers. You need to Right click on the image layer, then select Convert To Text

After adding a new text layer:

• Area 1: It is a preview of the text
• Area 2: They are formats for text like familiar applications (word, excel…).
• Area 3: It is the area to set for text: value and personalized parts

Text Layer Management

Give each text layer a clear name to make it easier to select the correct personalized option when processing a customer order. To rename the layer, click the pencil icon or double-click the layer name in the left panel.

To duplicate, hide, or delete the text layer, Right click on the layer and select your desired action.

Text Features

1. Text Font

To choose a font, click Select font field and find the font name in the Custom section. If the desired font is not available, upload new fonts by clicking Upload font and selecting the file to add.

2. Text Font Size

When Auto resize to fit container is selected, the text font size cannot be adjusted.

3. Text Alignment (Left/ Center/ Right)

Click alignment icon number 3 to choose text alignment: Left, Center, or Right.

4. Text Alignment (Top/ Middle/ Bottom)

Click alignment icon number 4 to choose text alignment: Top, Middle, or Bottom.

5. Text Spacing & Line Height

Letter: the width of text spacing.
Line Height: the space between lines of text in a paragraph

6. Text Color

Change the default text color by inputting a hexadecimal color code.

7. Text Curving

To create curved text, disable the Auto resize to fit container feature, adjust the curvature using the Radius setting, and modify the text size using feature number 2 ( Text font size).

8. Text Pattern

To add a text pattern, click Upload in the Pattern section, then select a photo to add. Adjust the photo's display mode using Scale.

9. Change Case

Through this setting, you can select the display style for your text: Default (Normal), UPPERCASE, or lowercase.

10. Text Stroke

After enabling this feature, you can select the border color, adjust border thickness, and choose inside or outside border mode.

e.g., the word "Stroke" in purple with a black stroke.

11. Text Shadow

You can select the shadow color, opacity, and adjust the drop shadow position.

e.g., the word "Shadow" in purple with a black shadow.

12. Text Gradient

After activating this feature, you can select the mode and the color for the text gradient.

13. Text Position

In the text position section, you can move the selected layer forward or backward another layer.

14. Text Align

Click Align to adjust the text placement to the top, middle, bottom, left, center, or right of the screen.

15. Text Transform

Click Transform to modify the text box size (width, height, left, top), text rotation and text skew.

Text Layer Settings

1. Depend on another layer

Enable text layers to be dependent on other text layer, ensuring identical attributes.
e.g., layer B depends on Layer A, entering text characters on Layer A will result in the same characters appearing on Layer B.

2. Auto resize to fit container

The text size will automatically adjust to fit the text box size, meaning that the text size changes when the text box size changes.

3. Allow personalized

Tick this box if you want to offer customization for that text layer. Untick it if you want the text to remain static and not customizable.

4. Enable max size

Set the maximum font size. When reached, the text automatically shrinks to fit the text box.

5. Enable auto line break

Activate multi-line text. Upon selection, specify the minimum font size. When the text reaches this minimum size, it wraps to the next line.

6. Tags

To let Persify automatically fill in personalized details on your order:

• Click Add Tag → Assign tags for: Name, Date, or Phone number.

This helps Persify detect and autofill information such as the customer’s Name, Date, or Phone Number.

Persify's AI will detect the customer's note and automatically fill in the correct information based on the tags you add to your artwork.

• Click Add Custom Text → Add you desired text

Add any extra words you want to appear before or after the tag. Persify will include this text in the final result.

e.g.,** If you want the design to display the customer’s name followed by “with love**”, follow these steps:

• Add the Name tag
• Then add the custom text "with love"

Persify's AI will detect the name in the customer’s note and automatically add "with love" after it.

7. Allow personalized text color

• 'Select color' label: Displays the title for the color selection field.
• Add color suggestion list: Click the plus (+) button to add colors you want to offer to your customers.

• To remove a color, click the X icon. To change the order of colors, use the move icon to drag and reorder them.

This is how the color selection will appear in the personalized order section.

8. Allow personalized text font

• 'Select font' label: Displays the title for the font selection field.
• Font collection: Select the fonts you want to make available for your customers. You can also upload new fonts by clicking Add font.

To ensure all fonts are displayed correctly and look great, click on Test font before your save. Select the font you want to check.

It will appear in the personalized order section like this.

9. Apply to all template

Allow text layer settings and text features from one template to be applied to others that share the same layer ID within the artwork.

Updated on: 30/05/2025