Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Working with type on a path
In addition to having text in point and type areas, you can also have type along a path. Text
can flow along the edge of an open or closed path and can lead to some really creative ways
to display text.
Creating type on a path
First, you'll insert some text on an open path.
1.
Choose View > Fit Artboard In Window. You may wish to zoom in further to see
the text you type.
2.
With the Selection tool (
), select the black curved path on top of the brown mon-
key tail.
When creating a new type object, this resets the formatting to default.
3.
With the Type tool ( ), position the cursor over the middle of the path to see an
insertion point with an intersecting wavy path (
) (see the figure). Click when
this cursor appears.
The text starts where you click the path. Also, the stroke attributes of the path
change to None and a cursor appears.
