[Qgis-user] Formatting the text ?

[Patrick Dunford]

If you want a box drawn around a label then going in the label settings 
choose the background tab, select "Draw background", set to "Rectangle" 
and the other options as needed (including set "Rotation" to "sync with 
label") is straightforward.

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On 24/01/23 23:12, Rafal Jonca wrote:
>
> Because I didn't know could I add attachements here.
>
> This is standard USFS topo data. Styled to behave as a map. I got the 
> style for all other layers, but problem with this labels layer. And 
> all labels (literally all) are on one layer here. All the 
> characteristics of every label is in the attributes.
>
> Here you have what I am able to do: font, color, size. But every that 
> frame represent perfect location of labels here, also their angle, 
> size, long etc.
>
> On first pic. what I am able to do, and on the other how it should 
> look like.
>
> Thank you for answer, Patrick.
>
> W dniu 24.01.2023 o 10:07, Patrick Dunford via QGIS-User pisze:
>>
>> It's not super clear what you are asking for because the link is not 
>> a project, it is a collection of database tables without an attached 
>> project file.
>>
>> If you are referring to the format of text labels displayed on the 
>> map canvas on a data layer, that is a project file issue that does 
>> not depend directly on the data in a set of layers. Or you might be 
>> referring to the layout manager or atlas output for printing out a map.
>>
>> Either way, screenshots and layer styles / labels properties or 
>> layout manager fields / labels properties look to me to be a lot more 
>> useful in understanding the question.
>>
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>> On 24/01/23 11:05, Rafal Jonca via QGIS-User wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello list,
>>>
>>> I have cartographical question. My question is how to format this 
>>> text properly ? These are all text elements of the map on one layer. 
>>> I know how to set up the font, color, size of these text elements, 
>>> but how to put them into these frames ? Every text element should be 
>>> inside his frame. The frames are sometimes angled. There is "angle" 
>>> value in that, but how to use it ?
>>>
>>> This is a sample of the layer: 
>>> https://we.tl/t-sMpld53776?utm_campaign=TRN_TDL_05&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_medium=email&trk=TRN_TDL_05
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Rafal
>>>
>>>
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