Learn QGIS - Fourth Edition

Add a title (or any text)

To add text to this map, select Add Item | Add label. Draw a box in the bottom-left corner and in the Item properties window, copy the following text:

<h1>My Geomorphology map of Alaska</h1><p>The name <i>"Alaska"</i> means "the mainland".</p><ul><li>The 12 main rivers are shown</li><li>Trees dominate central Alaska</li></ul><p style="font-size:70%;">[% format_date( $now ,'yyyy-mm-dd')%]</p>

Click on render as HTML. Your layout composer should now look similar to the following screenshot:

Adding a title to the map

Set the background to the same color as the sea so that we can remove the white triangles in the top-left ...