Paragraph properties

The next set of properties, the Paragraph properties, allow you to determine how the text will display within (or outside of) the Rect Transform's bounds.

The Alignment property determines where the text will align based on the Rect Transform bounds. You can choose both Horizontal and Vertical alignment options. The buttons represent the position relative to the Rect Transform bounds, so the left horizontal alignment will have the text pushed up all the way to the edge of the Rect Transform's left bound.

The Align by Geometry property aligns the text as if the glyphs or characters are cropped down just to their opaque ...

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