add_text_layer
Add text layer
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Create a new text layer — a first-class leaf that animates, groups, and z-orders exactly like an image or shape. The renderer draws live typeset text (multi-line, auto-fit to the box). Defaults: x/y = canvas centre, width 900, height 320, font_family "Hanken Grotesk", text_size derived from existing text layers (or ~10% of canvas height). Also accepts full type styling: font_weight (100-900), font_style (italic), text_transform, letter_spacing, line_height, text_align, text_autofit ("hug" default = box shrink-wraps the text at the fixed text_size, honouring literal newlines, so it can't re-wrap between preview and export — bake your own "\n" line breaks / "wrap"=fixed size + word-wrap to the box / "fit"=auto-size to fill the box, grows and shrinks / "shrink"=legacy shrink-only), text_valign (top/middle/bottom), an outline (stroke_width + stroke_color), and text_shadow. Returns the new layer's id + element id (text.<id>).
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| text | string | no | The text to render. Newlines are honoured as hard line breaks. |
| x | number | no | Centre x in canvas px. Defaults to canvas centre. |
| y | number | no | Centre y in canvas px. Defaults to canvas centre. |
| width | number | no | Box width in px (> 0). Default 900. |
| height | number | no | Box height in px (> 0). Default 320. |
| font_family | string | no | Google Fonts family name, e.g. "Anton". Defaults to "Hanken Grotesk". |
| text_size | number | no | Font size in px. Omit to derive from existing text layers (median) or the canvas height. |
| text_color | string | no | Text fill colour as #rrggbb. Defaults to white. |
| font_weight | number | no | Font weight 100..900 (400 regular, 700 bold, 800 black). Default 400. |
| font_style | string | no | Italic toggle. Default normal. |
| text_transform | string | no | Case transform applied before layout. Default none. |
| letter_spacing | number | no | Tracking between glyphs in px; may be negative. Default 0. |
| curve | number | no | Curve the text onto an arc, in degrees of total sweep. 0 = straight (default). POSITIVE = a SMILE (⌣, ends rise); NEGATIVE = an ARCH (⌒, rainbow). Clamped ±135. A tasteful smile is ~+60. Single line only (multi-line is joined while curved). |
| line_height | number | no | Line height as a multiple of font size (1.2 = 120%). |
| text_align | string | no | Horizontal alignment of each line. Default center. |
| text_autofit | string | no | How text fits its box. "hug" (default for new layers): hold text_size FIXED and DERIVE the box from the measured text plus padding, honouring the literal newlines you pass — the box shrink-wraps the exact content and grows/shrinks live as the text changes, so it can never re-wrap differently between the editor preview and the export (bake your own "\n" breaks; pair with set_text_background for a rounded caption box). "wrap": hold text_size FIXED in a fixed-size box and only word-wrap (hard-breaking a single over-wide word), never resize. "fit": ignore text_size and auto-size the font BOTH ways (grow and shrink) to the largest size whose wrapped block fills the box — resizing the box resizes the text. "shrink" (legacy): word-wrap then auto-shrink the font from text_size until the block fits; never grows. |
| text_valign | string | no | Vertical alignment of the text block within its box. "middle" (default) centres it; "bottom" pins it to the box floor so extra wrapped lines grow upward from a fixed baseline (captions use this so a wrapped line doesn't shift the others); "top" pins the ceiling. |
| stroke_width | number | no | Outline width in px (0 = no outline). |
| stroke_color | string | no | Outline colour as #rrggbb. Defaults to white when a width is set. |
| text_shadow | object | null | no | Drop shadow { offsetX, offsetY, blur, color }; color is any CSS colour (rgba allowed). null clears it. |
| decorations | object | null | no | Per-character underline / strikethrough. { underline?: [{start,end}], strikethrough?: [{start,end}] } — half-open character ranges [start,end) (UTF-16 offsets) into `text`. E.g. underline the first word of "Big news": underline:[{start:0,end:3}]. Ranges are normalized (sorted + merged). Not rendered on curved text. |
| block | object | no | OPTIONAL timeline window — {start, duration} in composition frames. OMIT IT (the default) and the layer is ALWAYS PRESENT: a persistent overlay that holds for the whole composition, which is what an agent-placed watermark / lower-third almost always wants. Pass it to place a bounded CLIP instead (what the editor's own add does: 5 s at the playhead). Keyframes on a blocked layer are sampled RELATIVE to `start`. |
| projectId | string | yes | Opaque project id (a v4 UUID, from list_projects/create_project). Selects which existing project this call mutates. |
| anonymousToken | string | yes | The token create_anonymous_account returned. This connection has no Morpha key, so every call carries it. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"text": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The text to render. Newlines are honoured as hard line breaks."
},
"x": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Centre x in canvas px. Defaults to canvas centre."
},
"y": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Centre y in canvas px. Defaults to canvas centre."
},
"width": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Box width in px (> 0). Default 900."
},
"height": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Box height in px (> 0). Default 320."
},
"font_family": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Google Fonts family name, e.g. \"Anton\". Defaults to \"Hanken Grotesk\"."
},
"text_size": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Font size in px. Omit to derive from existing text layers (median) or the canvas height."
},
"text_color": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Text fill colour as #rrggbb. Defaults to white."
},
"font_weight": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Font weight 100..900 (400 regular, 700 bold, 800 black). Default 400."
},
"font_style": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"normal",
"italic"
],
"description": "Italic toggle. Default normal."
},
"text_transform": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"none",
"uppercase",
"lowercase"
],
"description": "Case transform applied before layout. Default none."
},
"letter_spacing": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Tracking between glyphs in px; may be negative. Default 0."
},
"curve": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Curve the text onto an arc, in degrees of total sweep. 0 = straight (default). POSITIVE = a SMILE (⌣, ends rise); NEGATIVE = an ARCH (⌒, rainbow). Clamped ±135. A tasteful smile is ~+60. Single line only (multi-line is joined while curved)."
},
"line_height": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Line height as a multiple of font size (1.2 = 120%)."
},
"text_align": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"left",
"center",
"right"
],
"description": "Horizontal alignment of each line. Default center."
},
"text_autofit": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"fit",
"shrink",
"wrap",
"hug"
],
"description": "How text fits its box. \"hug\" (default for new layers): hold text_size FIXED and DERIVE the box from the measured text plus padding, honouring the literal newlines you pass — the box shrink-wraps the exact content and grows/shrinks live as the text changes, so it can never re-wrap differently between the editor preview and the export (bake your own \"\\n\" breaks; pair with set_text_background for a rounded caption box). \"wrap\": hold text_size FIXED in a fixed-size box and only word-wrap (hard-breaking a single over-wide word), never resize. \"fit\": ignore text_size and auto-size the font BOTH ways (grow and shrink) to the largest size whose wrapped block fills the box — resizing the box resizes the text. \"shrink\" (legacy): word-wrap then auto-shrink the font from text_size until the block fits; never grows."
},
"text_valign": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"top",
"middle",
"bottom"
],
"description": "Vertical alignment of the text block within its box. \"middle\" (default) centres it; \"bottom\" pins it to the box floor so extra wrapped lines grow upward from a fixed baseline (captions use this so a wrapped line doesn't shift the others); \"top\" pins the ceiling."
},
"stroke_width": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Outline width in px (0 = no outline)."
},
"stroke_color": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Outline colour as #rrggbb. Defaults to white when a width is set."
},
"text_shadow": {
"type": [
"object",
"null"
],
"description": "Drop shadow { offsetX, offsetY, blur, color }; color is any CSS colour (rgba allowed). null clears it.",
"properties": {
"offsetX": {
"type": "number"
},
"offsetY": {
"type": "number"
},
"blur": {
"type": "number"
},
"color": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"decorations": {
"type": [
"object",
"null"
],
"description": "Per-character underline / strikethrough. { underline?: [{start,end}], strikethrough?: [{start,end}] } — half-open character ranges [start,end) (UTF-16 offsets) into `text`. E.g. underline the first word of \"Big news\": underline:[{start:0,end:3}]. Ranges are normalized (sorted + merged). Not rendered on curved text.",
"properties": {
"underline": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"start": {
"type": "number"
},
"end": {
"type": "number"
}
}
}
},
"strikethrough": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"start": {
"type": "number"
},
"end": {
"type": "number"
}
}
}
}
}
},
"block": {
"type": "object",
"description": "OPTIONAL timeline window — {start, duration} in composition frames. OMIT IT (the default) and the layer is ALWAYS PRESENT: a persistent overlay that holds for the whole composition, which is what an agent-placed watermark / lower-third almost always wants. Pass it to place a bounded CLIP instead (what the editor's own add does: 5 s at the playhead). Keyframes on a blocked layer are sampled RELATIVE to `start`.",
"properties": {
"start": {
"type": "number",
"description": "First visible composition frame (≥ 0)."
},
"duration": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Length of the window in frames (≥ 1)."
}
},
"required": [
"start",
"duration"
]
},
"projectId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Opaque project id (a v4 UUID, from list_projects/create_project). Selects which existing project this call mutates."
},
"anonymousToken": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The token create_anonymous_account returned. This connection has no Morpha key, so every call carries it."
}
},
"required": [
"projectId",
"anonymousToken"
]
}