To change font size in Procreate, double tap your text, tap Edit Style, open the Design tab, and drag the Size slider until the text looks right. Only the text you have highlighted changes, so select the words first if you want to resize part of a text layer. The text box keeps its width and grows or shrinks in height to fit the new size.

Step-by-step: change font size in Procreate

1. Select the text layer. Add text to your canvas or open an existing text layer.
2. Open Edit Style. Double tap the text, then tap Edit Style. The panel has three sections: Typeface, Design, and Attributes.
3. Highlight the text you want to resize. Changes apply to the highlighted characters. If nothing is highlighted, select the whole block before you adjust anything.
4. Go to the Design section. It holds a set of sliders for Size, Kerning, Tracking, Leading, Baseline, and Opacity.
5. Drag the Size slider. The preview updates as you drag, so you can judge scale against the rest of the composition in real time.
6. Close the panel. Tap Apply Changes, or start editing another layer, and the panel closes with your changes in place.

To reopen the panel later, double tap the text and tap Edit Style again. You can come back and change the size at any point.

In Procreate Pocket on iPhone, the panel is a popover you can swipe up to expand, and a swipe handle lets you drag it back down or dismiss it.

What the Size slider actually does

Size changes the scale of the highlighted characters inside the text box. The box doesn't get wider. It holds its width and changes height, and the text re-wraps to fit. That has two practical effects:

• Larger text wraps onto more lines. If a title suddenly breaks across three lines, widen the text box first rather than shrinking the type.
• Smaller text leaves empty space in the box. The box shrinks to fit its contents, but its width stays put, so left, center, and right alignment still behave as you set them.

Font size in Procreate is relative to your canvas, not to the screen. A 72 pt label looks tiny on a 6000 px wide canvas and enormous on a 1200 px one. If a size that seemed fine suddenly looks wrong, check your canvas dimensions and DPI before you suspect the slider.

Resizing only part of a text layer

You can mix sizes inside one text layer. Double tap to enter the text, highlight a word or phrase, open Edit Style, and adjust Size. This is useful for:

• A large headline word with smaller supporting text beneath it
• Emphasis on a single word in a tagline
• Small caps-style effects, where the leading letters are bigger than the rest

If sizes look inconsistent afterward, select the whole block and set one size to reset it. Then re-highlight just the parts you want to differ.

Adjust the settings that go with size

Size rarely works alone. When you change it, the spacing around the letters often needs a nudge too. The other sliders in the Design section handle that:

• Kerning changes the space between a specific pair of letters. Use it to fix awkward combinations like "AV" or "To" after a size change.
• Tracking changes the spacing across every letter in the selection. Larger display type usually looks better with tighter tracking, and small text often needs a bit more.
• Leading controls the space between lines. When you increase size, leading often needs to increase too, or the lines start to crowd each other.
• Baseline raises or lowers the selected text relative to its line, which is handy for superscripts or optical alignment.
• Opacity changes how transparent the text is, which is useful for watermarks and background type.

The Attributes section covers alignment, underline, outline, and a case toggle. The Typeface section lets you pick a font and a style such as Regular, Italic, or UltraLight. Switching weights can change how large a line looks even when the numeric size stays the same, so re-check the slider after changing styles.

Size slider vs. Transform tool

You have two ways to make text bigger or smaller, and they behave differently.

Size slider (Edit Style). This is the typographic route. The text stays live and editable. Use it whenever you can.

Transform tool. It works well for quick layout moves, such as fitting a title into a mockup. Results can vary, though, and scaling up pixel content can soften edges. Duplicate the layer before transforming so you keep an editable original.

A good rule is to set type size with the slider and use Transform only for position, rotation, and rough layout.

Troubleshooting common size problems

The slider changes nothing. Check that text is highlighted. If the cursor is just sitting in the text with no selection, the change may not apply to what you expect. Select the text, then adjust again.

The text looks blurry after resizing. You probably rasterized the layer or scaled it with Transform. Undo, return to the text layer, and use the Size slider. If the canvas is too small, create a larger canvas and rebuild the type there.

A custom font looks wrong at a given size. Fonts differ in design: x-height, cap height, and built-in spacing vary a lot. Two fonts at the same numeric size can look very different. Procreate can import .otf, .ttf, and .ttc files, and imported fonts appear alphabetically in the Typeface list. Compare fonts visually rather than by number.

The font name doesn't show up. If an imported font fails to display, it may not have characters that render its own name, or the import may not have completed. Re-import it from Files and check the Typeface list again.

The text box seems stuck. Because the box keeps a fixed width, shrinking the type won't shrink the box horizontally. Drag the box handles to resize it, or reduce the text and reposition it.

Using Procreate type in motion and video workflows

Most people searching for this are illustrators, but plenty of motion designers, animators, and editors use Procreate for storyboards, animatic frames, pitch decks, and styleframe sketches. A few habits keep that work production-friendly:

• Match your canvas to your delivery frame. Build the canvas at a 16:9 or 9:16 ratio at your working resolution, so type sizes translate sensibly when the frame lands in After Effects or Premiere Pro.
• Treat Procreate type as a placeholder. Text exported from Procreate is pixels. For final titles, lower thirds, and anything that animates, rebuild the type as live text in After Effects, Cinema 4D, or Blender so you retain control over tracking, kerning, and resolution independence.
• Note your values. Write down font, weight, and relative size from the Edit Style panel. Procreate points won't map one-to-one to After Effects, but the notes make it quick to recreate the hierarchy.
• Export type on its own layer. Keep text on separate layers and export a layered file or a transparent PNG, so you can reposition or replace it downstream.
• Hide text when you need a clean plate. If you plan to use a frame as a reference image, toggle the text layer off and export a version with no lettering.

Where Styleframe fits in a Procreate workflow

Procreate is a fast place to block out a look: rough compositions, color keys, and typography layout. Styleframe is an AI video and motion tool built for artists who want direct control over the result. It can pick up from there when those boards need to become moving footage.

The approach is reference-driven. You can use a Procreate board as a reference, so generation is guided by your own references, clips, and keyframes rather than a generic look.

One practical note: keep lettering out of generation inputs when you can. Hide the text layer in Procreate before exporting a reference frame, and add final type later as live text in your compositor. That keeps typography crisp and editable, which AI generation shouldn't be trusted to handle.

Quick reference

• Change size: Double tap text → Edit Style → Design → Size slider
• Change part of the text: Highlight the characters first
• Fix awkward spacing after resizing: Adjust Kerning, Tracking, and Leading
• Keep text editable: Use the Size slider instead of scaling with Transform
• Fix a box that wraps oddly: Resize the text box width, not just the font size
• Import fonts: Use the import button in the Typeface section (.otf, .ttf, .ttc)

Final thoughts

Changing font size in Procreate takes seconds once you know the path: Edit Style, then Design, then Size. The details that save time later are selecting the right characters, adjusting leading and tracking alongside size, and avoiding scaling that softens your type. If your boards are headed into a video pipeline, treat Procreate text as a design reference and rebuild final typography as live text in your compositing tool.

To change font size in Procreate, double tap your text, tap Edit Style, open the Design tab, and drag the Size slider until the text looks right. Only the text you have highlighted changes, so select the words first if you want to resize part of a text layer. The text box keeps its width and grows or shrinks in height to fit the new size.

Step-by-step: change font size in Procreate

1. Select the text layer. Add text to your canvas or open an existing text layer.
2. Open Edit Style. Double tap the text, then tap Edit Style. The panel has three sections: Typeface, Design, and Attributes.
3. Highlight the text you want to resize. Changes apply to the highlighted characters. If nothing is highlighted, select the whole block before you adjust anything.
4. Go to the Design section. It holds a set of sliders for Size, Kerning, Tracking, Leading, Baseline, and Opacity.
5. Drag the Size slider. The preview updates as you drag, so you can judge scale against the rest of the composition in real time.
6. Close the panel. Tap Apply Changes, or start editing another layer, and the panel closes with your changes in place.

To reopen the panel later, double tap the text and tap Edit Style again. You can come back and change the size at any point.

In Procreate Pocket on iPhone, the panel is a popover you can swipe up to expand, and a swipe handle lets you drag it back down or dismiss it.

What the Size slider actually does

Size changes the scale of the highlighted characters inside the text box. The box doesn't get wider. It holds its width and changes height, and the text re-wraps to fit. That has two practical effects:

• Larger text wraps onto more lines. If a title suddenly breaks across three lines, widen the text box first rather than shrinking the type.
• Smaller text leaves empty space in the box. The box shrinks to fit its contents, but its width stays put, so left, center, and right alignment still behave as you set them.

Font size in Procreate is relative to your canvas, not to the screen. A 72 pt label looks tiny on a 6000 px wide canvas and enormous on a 1200 px one. If a size that seemed fine suddenly looks wrong, check your canvas dimensions and DPI before you suspect the slider.

Resizing only part of a text layer

You can mix sizes inside one text layer. Double tap to enter the text, highlight a word or phrase, open Edit Style, and adjust Size. This is useful for:

• A large headline word with smaller supporting text beneath it
• Emphasis on a single word in a tagline
• Small caps-style effects, where the leading letters are bigger than the rest

If sizes look inconsistent afterward, select the whole block and set one size to reset it. Then re-highlight just the parts you want to differ.

Adjust the settings that go with size

Size rarely works alone. When you change it, the spacing around the letters often needs a nudge too. The other sliders in the Design section handle that:

• Kerning changes the space between a specific pair of letters. Use it to fix awkward combinations like "AV" or "To" after a size change.
• Tracking changes the spacing across every letter in the selection. Larger display type usually looks better with tighter tracking, and small text often needs a bit more.
• Leading controls the space between lines. When you increase size, leading often needs to increase too, or the lines start to crowd each other.
• Baseline raises or lowers the selected text relative to its line, which is handy for superscripts or optical alignment.
• Opacity changes how transparent the text is, which is useful for watermarks and background type.

The Attributes section covers alignment, underline, outline, and a case toggle. The Typeface section lets you pick a font and a style such as Regular, Italic, or UltraLight. Switching weights can change how large a line looks even when the numeric size stays the same, so re-check the slider after changing styles.

Size slider vs. Transform tool

You have two ways to make text bigger or smaller, and they behave differently.

Size slider (Edit Style). This is the typographic route. The text stays live and editable. Use it whenever you can.

Transform tool. It works well for quick layout moves, such as fitting a title into a mockup. Results can vary, though, and scaling up pixel content can soften edges. Duplicate the layer before transforming so you keep an editable original.

A good rule is to set type size with the slider and use Transform only for position, rotation, and rough layout.

Troubleshooting common size problems

The slider changes nothing. Check that text is highlighted. If the cursor is just sitting in the text with no selection, the change may not apply to what you expect. Select the text, then adjust again.

The text looks blurry after resizing. You probably rasterized the layer or scaled it with Transform. Undo, return to the text layer, and use the Size slider. If the canvas is too small, create a larger canvas and rebuild the type there.

A custom font looks wrong at a given size. Fonts differ in design: x-height, cap height, and built-in spacing vary a lot. Two fonts at the same numeric size can look very different. Procreate can import .otf, .ttf, and .ttc files, and imported fonts appear alphabetically in the Typeface list. Compare fonts visually rather than by number.

The font name doesn't show up. If an imported font fails to display, it may not have characters that render its own name, or the import may not have completed. Re-import it from Files and check the Typeface list again.

The text box seems stuck. Because the box keeps a fixed width, shrinking the type won't shrink the box horizontally. Drag the box handles to resize it, or reduce the text and reposition it.

Using Procreate type in motion and video workflows

Most people searching for this are illustrators, but plenty of motion designers, animators, and editors use Procreate for storyboards, animatic frames, pitch decks, and styleframe sketches. A few habits keep that work production-friendly:

• Match your canvas to your delivery frame. Build the canvas at a 16:9 or 9:16 ratio at your working resolution, so type sizes translate sensibly when the frame lands in After Effects or Premiere Pro.
• Treat Procreate type as a placeholder. Text exported from Procreate is pixels. For final titles, lower thirds, and anything that animates, rebuild the type as live text in After Effects, Cinema 4D, or Blender so you retain control over tracking, kerning, and resolution independence.
• Note your values. Write down font, weight, and relative size from the Edit Style panel. Procreate points won't map one-to-one to After Effects, but the notes make it quick to recreate the hierarchy.
• Export type on its own layer. Keep text on separate layers and export a layered file or a transparent PNG, so you can reposition or replace it downstream.
• Hide text when you need a clean plate. If you plan to use a frame as a reference image, toggle the text layer off and export a version with no lettering.

Where Styleframe fits in a Procreate workflow

Procreate is a fast place to block out a look: rough compositions, color keys, and typography layout. Styleframe is an AI video and motion tool built for artists who want direct control over the result. It can pick up from there when those boards need to become moving footage.

The approach is reference-driven. You can use a Procreate board as a reference, so generation is guided by your own references, clips, and keyframes rather than a generic look.

One practical note: keep lettering out of generation inputs when you can. Hide the text layer in Procreate before exporting a reference frame, and add final type later as live text in your compositor. That keeps typography crisp and editable, which AI generation shouldn't be trusted to handle.

Quick reference

• Change size: Double tap text → Edit Style → Design → Size slider
• Change part of the text: Highlight the characters first
• Fix awkward spacing after resizing: Adjust Kerning, Tracking, and Leading
• Keep text editable: Use the Size slider instead of scaling with Transform
• Fix a box that wraps oddly: Resize the text box width, not just the font size
• Import fonts: Use the import button in the Typeface section (.otf, .ttf, .ttc)

Final thoughts

Changing font size in Procreate takes seconds once you know the path: Edit Style, then Design, then Size. The details that save time later are selecting the right characters, adjusting leading and tracking alongside size, and avoiding scaling that softens your type. If your boards are headed into a video pipeline, treat Procreate text as a design reference and rebuild final typography as live text in your compositing tool.