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Understanding the Label Text Option Group in Divi 5

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

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

Divi - Label Text Option Group

Where to Find the Label Text Options

  1. Open the Countdown Timer's Module Settings: Click the gear icon or the module itself to access the settings.

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

Label Text Customization Settings

  1. Label Font: Choose a font from the dropdown or upload a custom font for unique styling.

  2. Label Font Weight: Adjust the boldness of your Label with options like light, bold, or 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. Label Text Size: You can adjust the font size of your Label text using the slider or by entering a specific value. It also accepts Global Variables.

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

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

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

  8. Label Text Alignment: Set the alignment for the Label text—left, center, right, or justified.

  9. Label Capitalization: Choose the Label 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.

  10. Label 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

  11. Label 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

  12. Label 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.

  13. Label 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.

  14. Label Fill Type: Choose the Label's text fill options:

    • None - No Label text fill.

    • Gradient - Fill the Label text with a Gradient

    • Image - Fill the Label text with an Image

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

  15. Label Stroke Width - Choose the thickness of the stroke.

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

  16. Label Columns: Set how many columns the text should flow through.

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

    • 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 Label 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 Label Text that’s visually appealing and functional, ensuring your content looks polished and professional.

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