{"id":1104,"date":"2026-08-20T19:45:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/?post_type=knowledgebase&p=1104"},"modified":"2026-08-20T20:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T20:30:12","slug":"beta-wordart","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/db\/wordart\/beta-wordart\/","title":{"rendered":"Beta WordArt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Beta WordArt\"Beta<\/span><\/h2>\n

Beta WordArt generates decorative text as high-fidelity PNG images using a hardware-accelerated Canvas 2D pipeline. The output is pixel-perfect across all browsers, PDFs, and physical prints – what you see on screen is exactly what you get in your exported document.<\/p>\n

Inserting Beta WordArt\"Inserting<\/span><\/h3>\n

To insert Beta WordArt:<\/p>\n

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    Go to Insert > WordArt (BETA)<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    The WordArt Generator modal opens. The grid of 500+ style thumbnails loads instantly – the modal caches its layout so subsequent openings take no time at all\"Inserting<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Type your text into the input field at the top of the modal.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Browse the style gallery. Thumbnails render asynchronously in the background so the modal opens immediately without any delay.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Single-click to preview a style. Double-click to confirm your selection and insert.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Your WordArt is inserted as a transparent PNG onto the canvas, with a selection box that shrink-wraps precisely around the text and shadow – no oversized bounding boxes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Style Library<\/span><\/h3>\n

    The style library contains 500+ presets spanning a wide range of creative categories:<\/p>\n

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      Classic 90s –<\/strong> Rainbow gradients, 3D blue extrusions, silver chrome, wavy purple.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Modern & Minimal –<\/strong> Clean shadows, thin metallic outlines, flat solid fills.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Neon & Glow –<\/strong> Neon wireframes, electric glow halos, cyberpunk outlines.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Holographic & Iridescent –<\/strong> Glass-like prismatic gradients, holographic foil effects.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Vaporwave & Retro –<\/strong> Sunset gradients, synthwave purples, pastel 80s palettes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      3D & Depth –<\/strong> Extruded letter stacks, bevelled edges, cast shadow layers.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      Curved & Arched –<\/strong> Arch Up, Arch Down, Wave, Sine Wave, Zig-Zag, Triangle peak.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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      High Contrast –<\/strong> Bold outlines, caution-tape designs, checkerboard fills.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Curved Text Paths\"Curved<\/span><\/h3>\n

      Several Beta WordArt styles use mathematical path rendering to curve your text along a shape:<\/p>\n

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        Arch Up –<\/strong> Text curves upward along a circular arc.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Arch Down –<\/strong> Text curves downward along a circular arc.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Wavy –<\/strong> Characters dynamically tilt with a rolling sine wave.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Zig-Zag –<\/strong> Sharp 45-degree triangle wave bounces between letters.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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        Triangle –<\/strong> Text scales upward to a massive central peak.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Beta WordArt Beta WordArt generates decorative text as high-fidelity PNG images using a hardware-accelerated Canvas 2D pipeline. The output is pixel-perfect across all browsers, PDFs, and physical prints – what you see on screen is exactly what you get in your exported document. Inserting Beta WordArt To insert Beta WordArt: Go to Insert > WordArt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","knowledgebase_cat":[15],"class_list":["post-1104","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","knowledgebase_cat-wordart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/1104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1104"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/1104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1134,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/1104\/revisions\/1134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/acr.floydcraft.co.uk\/openpublisher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_cat?post=1104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}