putting text on a path!

Posted on April 5, 2017October 5, 2021 by graphicsgrrrl@gmail.com

putting text on a path!

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If you need to create icons, seals or bursts, you might need to put text on a path, such as on a curved line or shape.

In this quick tip, I show you how to do that with not one, but two circles, so that you can have text on the top AND text on the bottom of a circle as in the seal of approval artwork I show in this video.

BTW: if you’d like to steal this vector artwork, you can download it here for FREE:

I created this artwork and give you permission to use it wherever you like for whatever purpose. This downloadable includes:

1. a PNG file on transparent background

2. an editable Illustrator file (note: you’ll have to swap out fonts on your end but can type whatever you want in it, like perhaps you want it to read “KID TESTED” and “mom approved!”?

3. an outlined Illustrator EPS file (this will have the text as it appears in the video and you will not need the fonts to use it.

And, since the art is vector, you can scale it to ANY size you need!

Illustrator is THE program you need to create infographics and illustrations, so be sure to download your FREE 30-day trial of it here.

To put text on a path, you simply:

Create a path, such as a circle using the shape tool
Click down on the type tool and select the text on a path subtool
Click down on the edge of your path and begin typing

That’s it! Remember: you can move the copy around with the small blue lines that appear on the circle when you select it and you can push the copy to be inside the shape by clicking on the long blue line and moving it inside the circle!

For best results, I encourage you to watch the short quick tip video above as many times as you need.

P.S. In the Illustrator AI file, you can replace the text with your own copy and use your fonts. Check out all the cool new fonts from my favorite font resource, MyFonts.com!

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