On 11/3/05, Jef Driesen <jefdriesen@...9...> wrote:
So far no problem. But when I repeat this for the bottom part of the
text
(and a copy of the circle), the direction of the text is shown in the
wro= ng
direction (clockwise like the text on top). I can get the orientation
rig= ht
by flipping the circle horizontally, but now the text is inside the
circl= e.
Just scale the second circle up so that the text inside it matches the top text (i.e. its top is on the same imaginary circle as the bottom of the top text). You may need to increase letterspacing a bit for it to look good.
Thanks for the suggestion, but it doesn't look as nice as the text on top. Increasing the letterspacing creates a slightly better result, but this is not exactly the solution I hoped for. (I was looking for a behaviour similar to CorelDraw, where it is possible to have the upper side of the text on the path.)
Also, increasing letterspacing does not seem to work when the text is already on the path. And increasing letterspacing before putting it on the path makes it difficult to predict the final result (and is a lot of trial-and-error work).
--- Jef Driesen <jefdriesen@...9...> wrote:
On 11/3/05, Jef Driesen <jefdriesen@...9...> wrote:
So far no problem. But when I repeat this for the bottom part of
the
text
(and a copy of the circle), the direction of the text is shown in
the
wro= ng
direction (clockwise like the text on top). I can get the
orientation
rig= ht
by flipping the circle horizontally, but now the text is inside
the
circl= e.
Just scale the second circle up so that the text inside it matches
the
top text (i.e. its top is on the same imaginary circle as the bottom of the top text). You may need to increase letterspacing a bit for
it
to look good.
Thanks for the suggestion, but it doesn't look as nice as the text on top. Increasing the letterspacing creates a slightly better result, but this is not exactly the solution I hoped for. (I was looking for a behaviour similar to CorelDraw, where it is possible to have the upper side of the text on the path.)
Also, increasing letterspacing does not seem to work when the text is
already on the path. And increasing letterspacing before putting it on the path makes it difficult to predict the final result (and is a lot of trial-and-error work).
Leave the circle the same size and use the vertical Kern to put it below the line. Select the text (in text tool) and do Ctrl+down arrow.
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On 11/7/05, Jef Driesen <jefdriesen@...9...> wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion, but it doesn't look as nice as the text on top.
Remember that you can always position each character independently by kerning keys (alt+arrows).
Increasing the letterspacing creates a slightly better result, but this is not exactly the solution I hoped for. (I was looking for a behaviour similar to CorelDraw, where it is possible to have the upper side of the text on the path.)
This is not possible in SVG, afaik.
Also, increasing letterspacing does not seem to work when the text is already on the path. And increasing letterspacing before putting it on the path makes it difficult to predict the final result (and is a lot of trial-and-error work).
Letterspacing in text-on-path works for me. If it does not for you, please submit a but attaching the bad file (or giving a link to it).
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