![]() Pressing Ctrl + K with one text line selected breaks the line into individual characters. Now there are three separate lines, and each can be changed on its own. ![]() It is cleaner and simpler to follow my step 10 above.īelow is an image of my combined path with the V deleted and the text fitted. With the text selected with either the Pick or Shape tool, the Object menu has an option to break apart artistic text, and the shortcut for breaking apart is Ctrl + K. ![]() Just make sure you have enough path to hold all of your text or you will have a fight with the program! Also, if you simply select the text box and tell it to fit to path - you get text running in the wrong direction and upside down. I did a little experimenting for you and found the best results came from selecting all of the text and copying it to the clipboard and then placing my text cursor at the start of the outside curve until I got the text on path cursor.select all of the curves and combine them (Ctrl+L).You should now have some concentric curved paths running where you wish your text to run. You can apply a curve style and modify the path (baseline) along which your text will flow. Use your preferred method (I used the Virutal Segment Delete tool) to crop way all of the circles where they fall outside of the V.Press Ctrl+D several more times to repeat the process until you have more circles than you probably need.Create a name, and with the name selected, open. The second is to use the Interactive Envelope Tool (Found in the fifth icon from the bottom in your toolbar. You can then delete the circle and place the text where you want. This should now 'snap' the Text to the curve. Select Textin the Menu bar Select Fit text to path Start Typing When you are done, Select the entire object and Break apart (CTRL+K). Go to the top menus, chose the Text box -> Fit text to path. ![]() Click on the Arrow (pointer) tool, and select your text, hold the shift key, while selecting your curve. press the + key on your numeric keypad and drag a corner handle on the new circle to increase its size to roughly the line spacing you require for your text Create an object with the same shape as the text youve got here, and move it to the side. Draw an arc (or cicrle) or what ever it is you want to curve the text path around.draw a small circle with its centre on the point of the V shape.you should now have what looks like a giant letter V.duplicate that line and flip it horizontally by holding Ctrl and dragging the left centre handle to the right.draw an angled line marking the left alignment of where you text needs to run.One way to achieve what you are wanting to do is as follows: ![]()
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