Both Graphic Mode and the Cover Editor are layered canvases: every element you add sits on its own layer, stacked in front of or behind the others. Understanding layers and type styling is what lets you build complex, polished pages without things slipping around or text disappearing behind art. This article covers managing layers and styling text.

Working with layers

Every object — background, art, shape, bubble, or text box — lives on its own layer. The layers panel gives you full control over the stacking order and organization:

• Reorder layers by dragging them, to control what appears in front of what.
• Rename layers so a busy page stays readable (for example, "hero", "sky", "title").
• Hide / show a layer to get it out of the way while you work on something beneath it.
• Lock a layer to prevent accidental edits.

A reliable habit: once a background is in place, lock it. That way you can work on foreground art and text without nudging the background out of position. Hiding and renaming layers becomes essential on pages with many overlapping elements.

Fonts

A large font library is available for titles, captions and dialogue — including display faces for impact and clean text faces for body copy. A few principles keep covers and pages looking professional:

• Use a bold, characterful font for titles and a simpler one for supporting text.
• Stick to one or two fonts per page or cover; more than that quickly looks messy.
• Match the font to the genre — a playful face suits a children's book, a sharp one suits a thriller.

Type styling

Beyond the font itself, you have full control over how text looks and sits on the canvas:

• Size, color and alignment, plus bold and italic styles.
• Backgrounds and padding behind a text box, so words stay legible over a busy image.
• Rounded corners (border radii) and drop shadows to lift text off the artwork.

These styling options matter most when text overlaps detailed art. A subtle background panel or a drop shadow can be the difference between a readable title and one that vanishes into the picture.

Common pitfalls

• Forgetting to lock the background, then accidentally dragging it mid-edit — lock it early.
• Placing white (or any single-color) text over a busy image without a background panel or shadow, so it becomes unreadable.
• Mixing too many fonts; restraint reads as professional.
• Leaving layers with default names on a complex page — rename them so you can find things fast.

For where these controls fit in each editor, see the Graphic Mode tour and the Cover Editor.