If you have any questions simple leave a comment below. If any part of these instructions we unclear then I would recommend you watch the full video tutorial at the top of the page. Consider yourself like the apprentice learning from a master. You can now click and drag the thin blue line on the outer edge of the circle to adjust the rotation of the text.Īnd with that we are all set! We have successfully wrapped text around the outer and inner edges of a circle, using Adobe Illustrator! The first step is to allow yourself this period of complete lack of originality, says author and manga instructor Mark Crilley. This should wrap your text around the inner portion of the circle. Grab your Type Tool and change the text of the duplicated copy to whatever you’d like the bottom half of the text to be, then go back to the Type on a Path Options menu and check the box that says Flip. The top half of the text is now complete. To create the bottom half of the text, we’re going to duplicate everything we’ve created so far by holding Alt on the keyboard and clicking and dragging the object. You can now rotate the text along the path by grabbing the Direct Selection Tool (A) and clicking and dragging the thin blue line sticking out from the edge of the circle. In the menu, toggle on the Preview and set Align to Path to Center. To do that, navigate to Type -> Type on a Path -> Type on a Path Options. We’re going to change that so that the text is recessed halfway into the perimeter. By default, Illustrator is going to place the text around the outside perimeter of the circle.

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