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Use Baseline Offset To Change The Vertical Location of Text

Daily Coding Tip 159

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Millie Sturgeon
Aug 18, 2022
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This is a demonstration of what changing the baseline offset does to Text. It doesn’t just move the Text inside its border, it actually changes the frame of a Text in order to accommodate its new location:

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