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Understanding the Captcha Text Option Group in Divi 5

Learn how to use the Captcha Text design options to create captcha text that’s visually appealing and functional.

The Captcha Text design options in Divi let you customize the appearance of a Contact Form module’s Captcha text. These settings control font, alignment, spacing, and more, ensuring your Captcha text is styled to fit your design.

Divi 5 - Captcha Text Option Group

Where to Find the Captcha Text Options

  1. Open the Contact Form Module Settings: Click the gear icon or the module itself to access the settings.

  2. Navigate to the Design Tab: Locate the Captcha Text option group.

Captcha Text Customization Settings

  1. Captcha Font: Choose a font for the Captcha text from the dropdown menu or upload a custom font. By default, the site’s primary font is used.

  2. Captcha Font Weight: Choose the boldness of the font, with options ranging from light to extra-bold.

  3. Variable Font Options: those options will only be available if you are using a Google variable font such as Robo, Google Sans Flex, or Bitcount):

    • Variable Font Weight: Use the slider or type in a numeric value for the font weight.

    • Optical Sizing: Enable automatic optical size handling.

    • Variable Font Width: Fine-tune variable font width using variable font interpolation.

    • Variable Font Slant: Fine-tune variable font slant using variable font interpolation.

    • Variable Font Crsv: Fine-tune variable font crsv using variable font interpolation.

    • Variable Font Element Shape: Fine-tune variable font element shape using variable font interpolation.

    • Variable Font Element Expansion: Fine-tune variable font element expansion using variable font interpolation.

    • Variable Font Rond: Fine-tune variable font rond using variable font interpolation.

    • Variable Font Grade: Fine-tune variable font grade using variable font interpolation.

    • Variable Font Width: Fine-tune variable font width using variable font interpolation.

  4. Captcha Text Size: You can adjust the font size of your title text using the slider or by entering a specific value. It also accepts Global Variables.

  5. Captcha Text Color: Choose a color to be used for the Title text. It also accepts Global Variables.

  6. Captcha Line Height: Set the space between the lines of the title text, helping to improve readability. It also accepts Global Variables.

  7. Captcha Letter Spacing: Control the space between letters by adjusting the slider or entering a value. It also accepts Global Variables.

  8. Captcha Capitalization: Choose the title text's capitalization:

    1. Uppercase - All letters are in uppercase format

    2. Capitalize - Makes the first letter of each word uppercase.

    3. Lowercase - All letters are in lowercase format.

    4. Smallcaps - Lowercase letters display as smaller uppercase letters.

    5. All Small Caps - all letters display as small caps, including letters that were already uppercase.

  9. Captcha Font Style: Select additional font styles, including:

    • Italic: Makes the text lean to the right.

    • Underline: Adds a line under the text.

    • Overline: adds a line above the text.

    • Strikethrough: draws a line through the middle of the text.
      ⚠️ Note: When Underline, Overline, and/or Strikethrough are enabled, you can also choose:

      • Line Color: Choose the line's color. It also accepts Global Variables.

      • Line Thickness: Choose how thick or slim the line is.

      • Line Type: Choose the Line's type:

        • Solid

        • Double

        • Dotted

        • Dashed

        • Wavy

  10. Captcha Line Warp Style: Choose how text should wrap. Default keeps native browser wrapping, Balanced evens heading lines, and Pretty helps avoid single-word endings.

    • Default: Text can move onto a new line when it runs out of space.

    • Balanced: Short text breaks into lines with more even lengths

    • Pretty: Text wrap in a cleaner, more visually pleasing way

  11. Captcha Text Direction: Choose text flow direction. Standard Horizontal reads left-to-right across lines, while vertical modes stack glyphs top-to-bottom.

    1. Standard Horizontal

    2. Vertical (right to left): The text is displayed from top to bottom, and each new line starts to the left of the previous one.

    3. Vertical (left to right): The text is displayed from bottom to top, and each new line starts to the left of the previous one.

  12. Captcha Hyphenation: When enabled, if a word is too long to fit nicely on one line, the browser can break it into parts and add a hyphen at the break.

  13. Captcha Fill Type: Choose the title's text fill options:

    • None - No title text fill.

    • Gradient - Fill the title text with a Gradient

    • Image - Fill the title text with an Image

    • Transparent - Fill the title text with a transparent fill.

  14. Captcha Stroke Width - Choose the thickness of the stroke.

    • Title Stroke Color - Choose the title text's stroke color.

  15. Captcha Columns: Set how many columns the text should flow through.

  16. Captcha Text Shadow: Add a text shadow effect and customize its direction, blur, and color to add depth or emphasis to the title:

    • Direction: Adjust horizontal and vertical placement.

    • Blur: Control how soft or sharp the shadow appears.

    • Color: Set a shadow color to complement the text.

Tips for Styling Text

  • Focus on Readability: Use font sizes and line heights that are easy to read, especially on mobile devices.

  • Complement Your Design: Match the text color and style to your site’s overall design for a cohesive look.

  • Use Shadows Sparingly: Subtle shadows can enhance readability, but overly strong effects can distract.

These options make it easy to create Text that’s visually appealing and functional, ensuring your content looks polished and professional.

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