How to Do Word Art in Google Docs to Add a Touch of Artistry to Your Documents

Last updated on April 12, 2023

Summary :

Adding artistic fonts can often make a document look more attractive and stand out from the crowd of uniform formats. But how to add word art in Google Docs can be a confusing problem. Therefore, this article provides you with answers to 6 common questions and steps to follow.

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How to Do Word Art in Google Docs

How to Do Word Art in Google Docs

Word art plays an important role in enhancing documents, and Microsoft Word, PPT, and other document software are very supportive of adding artistic fonts. However, Google Docs are better and more convenient than Microsoft Word in terms of collaboration and real-time feedback.

Word art option in Google Docs is not very easy to find, so many people do not know how to add and edit art fonts in Google Docs. Therefore, the following instructions will be helpful for you. The added Word Arts in Google Docs will be retained even if the Google Doc is converted into PDF for further sharing or submissions.

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How To Find Word Art in Google Docs

Unlike the Microsoft series of documentation tools, Google Docs’ word art option is hidden, so if you are not an expert in using Google Docs, then you may have a hard time finding the window to insert word art. The following three steps can simply demonstrate to you:

Step 1. First, you need to open a document in Google Docs that you need to add the word art.

Open a File in Google Doc

Open a File in Google Doc

Step 2. Locate the “Insert” option in the upper left ribbon and click “Drawing > New” in the drop-down menu to bring up a pop-up box.

Navigate to the Insert Function Button

Navigate to the Insert Function Button

Step 3. Find “Word art” in the “Actions” option of the pop-up box.

Find the Hidden "Word Art" Function

Find the Hidden “Word Art” Function

How To Put Word Art in Google Docs

After finding the entrance, you can now place the words you need to generate art in Google Docs.

Step 1. Edit the text and word in the text box, and tap “enter” on the keyboard to display the word art.

Add the Art Word

Add the Art Word

Step 2. Click “Save and Close” in the upper right corner when you have finalized the word art, then you can successfully add the word art into Google Docs.

Put Word Art in Google Docs

Put Word Art in Google Docs

Step 3. If you want to save the word art locally for other uses or as a backup, you can double-click the text and click “Download” in the pop-up box to choose a format you want to save it in.

Download Word Art

Download Word Art

How To Edit Word Art in Google Docs

Editing or customizing your Word art in Google Docs is also a very easy task.

Edit Your Word Art

Edit Your Word Art

Customize Text: In addition to the basic settings such as bold, italic, set font size, spacing, add underline, text boxes, images, and ordered and unordered lists, you can also add background colors and styles to the text to enhance the artistry of the text. Once you have set up a template, you can use the “Paint format” function to unify all the added artwork into one style or not.

Graphics Settings: Shapes, Arrows, Callouts, Equation, or a variety of line settings are available to enhance your design.

How To Curve Word Art in Google Docs

Curving the font art may bring a better visual experience. Using the curve tool in Google Docs can help you to complete the overall curved setting of the art font.

Step 1. First, add a curve in the Drawing panel. “Drawing > New > Actions > Word art > Curve”

Draw a Curve to Determine the Curvature

Draw a Curve to Determine the Curvature

Step 2. Type out the word by adding a text box and click the dot on the text box to rotate it to fit the curve you just drew.

Rotate the Text to Fit the Curve

Rotate the Text to Fit the Curve

Step 3. Select the curve after the adjustment, and click “Line color > Transparent” to hide the curve.

Finish Bending the Word Art

Finish Bending the Word Art

Tips: The built-in function of Google Docs does not allow you to achieve perfect font bending. If you are a formal document or have higher requirements for bending fonts, then you can use a third-party tool, such as TroyGram. Then insert the bent font into Google Docs by inserting an image.

How To Rotate Word Art in Google Docs

To rotate the word art, you can select the dot on the text box and rotate it by turning the mouse when you add the word art. If you want to rotate already added art, then you only need to complete the following two steps.

Step 1. Select the art font in the lower left corner of the box and click “Edit” to enter the drawing pop-up window.

Click Edit to Enter the Pop-up Window

Click Edit to Enter the Pop-up Window

Step 2. Adjust the rotation angle by rotating the dot above the text box, and you can see the specific angle value while rotating.

Adjust the Angle to Rotate the Font

Adjust the Angle to Rotate the Font

How To Draw on an Image in Google Docs

Do you want to make a cover image or type text in an image, to have it better show the meaning of the image? Then the drawing tool in Google Docs can still be a good solution for you.

Step 1. Bring up the Drawing pop-up window in the same way as “Insert > Draw > New”, then click the “Image” button to upload your image.

Upload Images to Google Docs

Upload Images to Google Docs

Step 2. Draw on an image by overlaying it, adding graphics, text, lines, etc. to make it more vivid.

Draw an Image in Google Docs

Draw an Image in Google Docs

FAQs

Can You Use the Word Art in Google Docs?

Of course, you can. Not only can you use the word art in Google Docs, but you can also rotate, set, and bend the fonts you add with its built-in features. Also, after you finish adding the font art, you can set the position of the art to match the overall text: in line, wrap text, break text, behind the text, and in front of the text.

How Do You Add Word Art in Google Docs?

Adding art in PPT is well known, and using font art in Google Docs is not a very difficult task, you just need to click “New” in the “Insert > Draw” toolbar to bring up After the pop-up box, click “Word art” in the “Action” drop-down menu to start personalizing your font.

Conclusion

Google Docs are integrated into most people’s lives. Through the introduction of this article, you can know that you can not only add word art in Google Docs but also draw pictures. This will make your text more readable and artistic. At the same time, Google Docs offers you a lot of room for creativity. The only downside is that it doesn’t do a very good job of bending fonts, but you can find some tools like Canva, and TroyGram to help you out.

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