# Warped text 🌪️, search Cuttle projects 🔍, and a pop-up book 🦊

MAY 16, 2023

Here's the latest with [Cuttle](https://cuttle.xyz/).

-   Warped Text
-   Search all Cuttle projects
-   Federico published a [popup book](https://ko-fi.com/s/4d7b017d5d)
-   Q&A video: [Using Stencil fonts to prevent the holes in letters from falling out](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaecF9SnL-I)

## Warped Text 🌪️

![](https://cuttle-content.imgix.net/blog/warped-text-search-cuttle-projects-and-a-pop-up-book/13352b36437c4e6280ab4e0c732a7e6ce51a735a50264646ebaa707f9798ba17.png?auto=compress,format&q=60&fit=max&w=720&h=720&dpr=2)

We added **Warped Text** to the Cuttle editor!

To use it, click **Browse All Shapes >**, then find the section for **Warped Text** and drag any example out.

There are also plenty more examples if you click **More >**.

![](https://cuttle-content.imgix.net/blog/warped-text-search-cuttle-projects-and-a-pop-up-book/97efb2c8d2a579366c4b51960fef8b211ee4bde833644322a48bbb5afd860a44.png?auto=compress,format&q=60&fit=max&w=720&h=720&dpr=2)

You can, of course, change the text and the font.

![](https://content.cuttle.xyz/blog/warped-text-search-cuttle-projects-and-a-pop-up-book/de6f7f637e679adc369a6dbf69aa7e4c8c3ec7a252b20a597043d079b153724a.gif)

With each example, you can also adjust the shape of the warp.

![](https://content.cuttle.xyz/blog/warped-text-search-cuttle-projects-and-a-pop-up-book/63e2e3989348638dcd27e8602e32963f8235650c973734a5d29271f8c321c11b.gif)

The **Custom** warped text shape lets you use any 4-cornered Path as the “envelope” for the warping.

![](https://content.cuttle.xyz/blog/warped-text-search-cuttle-projects-and-a-pop-up-book/5a3ed39806dc899e11556e4565148edd70608a965ae70444e617376314ade70d.gif)

Drag it out, then double click it to edit the handles or bend the handles of the Path.

## Search all Cuttle projects 🔍

![](https://cuttle-content.imgix.net/blog/warped-text-search-cuttle-projects-and-a-pop-up-book/eb3fda9c56e125c8faba204e775063f42c9aed657f20956434f43f36aafbf78e.png?auto=compress,format&q=60&fit=max&w=720&h=720&dpr=2)

We added a Search feature to Cuttle! It will search all of your own projects as well as templates and projects from the community.

Shoutout to everyone who suggested this feature on Discord! 🙌

## A pop-up book designed in Cuttle 🦊

![](https://cuttle-content.imgix.net/blog/warped-text-search-cuttle-projects-and-a-pop-up-book/558d0faea072dd79e876708c03e9b4a9ebfe4ead5620a62a51a4b0c381f97175.jpg?auto=compress,format&q=60&fit=max&w=720&h=720&dpr=2)

One of my favorite things that has come out of starting Cuttle is meeting [Federico Tobon](https://wolfcatworkshop.com/), aka wolfCatWorkshop. He was an early beta tester and found Cuttle to be a great match for his explorative workflow. You’ve of course seen the wonderful [tutorial videos](https://www.youtube.com/cuttle) that he’s produced for us, but he also has his own intensive art practice.

![](https://cuttle-content.imgix.net/blog/warped-text-search-cuttle-projects-and-a-pop-up-book/f6b349235aa50bfbce29db8f9e3aa275b61d1779250e1d0cdec8d6305e7393d1.jpg?auto=compress,format&q=60&fit=max&w=720&h=720&dpr=2)

Federico recently completed a pop-up zine called [**the Other**](https://ko-fi.com/s/4d7b017d5d).

He used Cuttle to design the tabs and mechanisms but it’s just one tool in his process. He shared how he develops his pop-ups and showed us how the spreads evolve in this [YouTube Live interview](https://www.youtube.com/live/gg3Vr7YK5fs?feature=share&t=1944) we did with him. (Highly recommended!)

[**The Other**](https://ko-fi.com/s/4d7b017d5d) is available for purchase in [Federico’s store](https://ko-fi.com/wolfcatworkshop/shop). He also has a [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/wolfcatworkshop) where he shares in-progress updates of art he’s working on.

## Q&A video: [Using stencil fonts to prevent the holes in letters from falling out](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaecF9SnL-I) 🕳️

_How do you prevent the holes in letters from falling out?_

![](https://cuttle-content.imgix.net/blog/warped-text-search-cuttle-projects-and-a-pop-up-book/6562e15bbdd0f68ab96bc9016829f16a457bd414ac58c5ee6a28c625dae79130.jpg?auto=compress,format&q=60&fit=max&w=720&h=720&dpr=2)

## Other Improvements and Fixes 🐞

-   Fixed a quirk with the Pen Tool. When drawing paths and dragging anchor handles, we now set the `handleConstraint` to “free” when you hold `alt / option` to break tangents.
-   Improved how we name emoji dragged from the Create Panel.

![Small circular photo of Toby](https://cuttle.xyz/images/blog-authors/Toby.jpg)

Toby Schachman