Border surround point text in QGIS 3.22?

Question

Point text was just released in QGIS 3.22. Is there a way to create a black border around the text?

Answer 1

For the new annotation layers, see the documentation.

To create a frame around your text, proceed as follows:

1. Use the Mask tab, check the box Draw background, set Shape to rectangle

2. Click on the Configure symbol bar (red arrow in the screenshot) and as Symbol layer type select Outline: simple line and style the line as you wish.

3. To have the text in the middle of the frame, you might need to adapt values: select Size type : Buffer and set value for Size X, Size Y and Offset X,Y.

Answer 2

• If you don't use a buffer around the text, you can use a buffer for the border.

  Before:
  

  After:
  

• If you also want to use a buffer, you can use "Layer Rendering" > "Draw effects" for the buffer.