# Warping Lettering

The colorful lettering text available in Comic Life can be warped to create spectacular titles or interesting sound effects by using the blue warping handles:

To reveal the warping handles, make sure the lettering is deselected and then move the mouse over the element. The blue handles will appear.

Making a superhero comic title:

1. Choose a suitable title font: here we've chosen Pakenham Kayo
2. Click on the center bottom handle and drag it up:
3. Click on the center top handle and drag it down:
4. A terrific title for a superhero story:

Making a "sound effect":

1. Choose a suitable title font: here we've chosen BarBrawl BB
2. Grab the handles and stretch the lettering so that it looks like it is emerging from the source of the sound:
3. Sound effect lettering benefits from a bit of shuffling and skewing, so open the Lettering inspector and adjust the sliders to see if it improves things. Here we've made some small adjustments to the skew and stagger sliders:
4. Add a drop shadow and we have an arresting "sound effect":