Text Effects & Curved Text
The editor's nine text effects — Drop, Glow, Outline, Hollow, Splice, Background, Echo, Glitch, Neon — plus arc text for round labels and stamps. Try them live.
Plain text sells fewer candles. The editor ships nine one-click text effects and true curved text — the two features customers reach for most on round labels, stamps, and apparel prints.
Try all nine#
The nine text effects
In the app these live behind the ✨ Effects button, with per-effect controls for offset, blur, and colour.
The effects, described#
| Effect | What it does |
|---|---|
| Drop | A hard offset shadow behind the text |
| Glow | A soft, centred halo around the letters |
| Outline | A stroke around filled letters — two-colour text |
| Hollow | Stroke only, transparent fill |
| Splice | Outline plus an offset solid shadow — a retro sticker look |
| Background | The text sits in a padded, rounded colour block |
| Echo | Faded copies trail behind the original |
| Glitch | RGB-split copies for a digital, glitchy look |
| Neon | Layered glows that read as a lit neon sign |
Each effect has its own controls in the app — offset, blur, and colour — so "Drop" on one product can look completely different from "Drop" on another. Effects work in every customer mode and export at full print resolution like everything else.
Curved text#
Curved (arc) text bends a line of text along a circle — essential for round stamps, jar lids, bottle caps, and badge-style logos.
Select a text object and enable Curve, then adjust:
- Diameter — the size of the arc's circle, in your template's physical units
- Smile / Frown — flip between text curving up (along the bottom of a circle) and down (along the top)
- Offset — slide the text around the arc to position it exactly
You can also attach text to a shape — select a shape, choose Attach text, and the text follows that shape's path, with padding and offset controls.
The round-stamp starter templates use curved perimeter text out of the box — adopt one from the template library to see the technique, then tweak instead of building from zero.
For template authors#
Effects and curves are just object properties, so you can bake them into templates: author a neon headline or a curved company name, mark the text as customer-editable, and customers change the words while your styling stays intact. Pair with font and colour restrictions to keep results on-brand.
Related guides#
- Inside the Editor — where the Effects panel lives
- Fonts — the 28 curated families effects apply to
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