Text Layer Properties

Learn how to add and edit text elements in the Ad Builder

Written by Pierce Porterfield
August 19, 2025

Add Text to the Canvas

To create a new text on the Canvas:

1. Click on the Text Mode icon in the top toolbar
2. Click on the canvas where you want to place the text
3. Type the text content in the text editor
4. Click Add Copy to Canvas at the bottom of the window to add them to the canvas

Edit Text Content

1. Double click the text element on the canvas
2. Make the desired changes in the text editor
3. Click Update Text Asset to save the changes

Edit Text Basic Properties

Select a text element, you can see the text property panel shows up on the right. From the text property panel, you can edit text basic properties:

• Edit text font: Click on the font dropdown and select a font from the font menu. You can upload your own font families and they will show at the top of the font list in the menu. Click here to see how to upload your font.
• Edit text size: Adjust the text size value by clicking on the arrow buttons in the text size input or type in a new value
• Edit text alignment: Click one of the Alignment buttons (Align Left, Align Center, Align Right)
• Edit text color: click here

Resize Text and Text Box

Standard Text Mode

Text mode determines how text and text box interact with each other. There are three options to resize the text box by default. Here is a video walkthrough of the default text mode:

Standard Text Mode from Marpipe on Vimeo

1. Auto Width & Height: The text box size is auto determined by the width and height of the text asset. You cannot adjust the text box size manually.
2. Auto Height: You can set the font size and the width of the box. The text content expands the height of the bounding box as it changes.

To change the text box width, select the text asset and drag the circular handles left and right. 3. Auto Width: You can set the font size and the height of the box and then the text content expands the width of the bounding box as it changes.

Auto Size Mode

In the auto size text mode, the text size will change automatically based on the text box size. You are able to resize the text box freely. The text size input will be deactivated when auto size is on.

• To turn the auto size mode on, click on the auto size switcher in the text property panel.
• To resize text box, select a text element, drag the circular handles to resize. You can hold "Shift" to resize it with the same aspect ratio.

Here is a video walkthrough of the auto size text:

Auto Size Text from Marpipe on Vimeo

Text Wrapping

When the text wrapping is on, the text assets will ignore the original line break and words will break to the next line when reaching the edge of the text box. In this mode, there are two options to resize the text box:

1. Auto Height: You can set the font size and the width of the box. The text content expands the height of the bounding box as it changes.

To change the text box width, select the text asset and drag the circular handles left and right. 2. Fixed Size: You can set the width and height of the text box. The text box size will not change when swapping the different text variants in.

Here is a video walkthrough of the text wrapping:

Text Wrapping from Marpipe on Vimeo

Edit Text Box

Apply Fill to Text Box

1. Select a text element
2. From the text box section in the property panel, click the Fill radio checker to add fill to the text box
3. Click the rectangle next to Fill. The Color Picker appears.
4. Adjust the text box fill color using the color field and color slider. You can also input a HEX code to change the color

Apply Stroke to Text Box

1. Select a text element
2. From the text box section in the property panel, click the Stroke radio checker to add a border to the text box
3. Click the rectangle next to Stroke. The Color Picker appears.
4. Adjust the text box fill color using the color field and color slider. You can also input a HEX code to change the color.
5. The default stroke weight is 1. Click the stroke weight input to apply a different value.

Content Alignment

Content Alignment

Content alignment decides how the text asset is aligned inside the text box. There are three horizontal alignments:

1. Left: Align text asset to the left edge of the text box
2. Right: Align text asset to the right edge of the text box
3. Horizontal center: Align text asset to the horizontal center of the text box

And here are three vertical alignments:

1. Top: Align text asset to the top edge of the text box
2. Bottom: Align text asset to the bottom edge of the text box
3. Vertical center: Align text asset to the vertical center of the text box

Text Expansion

Content alignment also affects the direction that the text expands from when cycling through the variants.

Here is a video walkthrough of the text content alignment:

Content Alignment from Marpipe on Vimeo

Add Text Padding

You can create space around a text asset inside the text box by adding the padding.

1. Add uniformed padding:

Turn the uniform padding switch on. You can set the left / right padding together and the top / bottom padding together.

To add the same value for left, right, top and bottom paddings, click on the lock icon and input one value. It will apply to all 4 paddings.

2. Add individual padding:

Turn the uniform padding switch off. Input padding values in the left, right, top and bottom individually.

Round Text Box Corners

You can edit the roundness of the text box corners in the text property panel:

1. Select a text element
2. From the text box section in the property panel, enter a radius value in the roundness input

To round each corner individually, click option button behind the roundness input to open the roundness sub panel. You can input radius values for each corner.