It will look more or less the same as before. Step 4: Duplicate the text circleĭuplicate the circle layer, and use the Type tool to retype just the text you want. We'll send you any of our current door prizes, just for your trouble.More after the jump! Continue reading below↓įree and Premium members see fewer ads! Sign up and log-in today. Link to this site, and then show us the link.SUBSCRIBE : to the Designers' CAFE email list.Ask for the DT&G Monthly: to receive DT&G newsletter each month, happenings in the Design Center and regular columns like the "Mail Bag" and "Cool Sites".We invite your tips, tricks, comments, suggestions and camaraderie. don't forget, any community is only as good as the participation of its members. Return to the Photoshop Department, or the Design Center Main Index Participate in your Design Center
Now, we're going to take a look at how to do circular text in InDesign, Quark XPress and Illustrator
Once finished, my Honda Team driver patch is ready for the full color silk-screen printer. If you'll pause at the destination, the type will snap into position. Note that the path and anchors will move, leaving the type where it was. Use the same number of arrow-key-taps for the right side. Remember to count your taps on the arrow key. Tap Arrow keys on the keyboard "Nudge" the anchor in the direction desired Here, I'm adjusting the left anchor of the circle - pulling it out for a better fit.Ĭlick once on an anchor point with the Direct Select pointer
In this simple example, I've had to slightly stretch the circle to get a better visual fit with the photo. To finish, you can use the Direct Select tool once again to shift, stretch and adjust the circles to fit your needs. not to be confused with Kerning which only affects the space between two characters! Tip: Tracking adjusts Letter Spacing across a string of characters. With some more rounded fonts you may not have as much of a problem. I've had to go all the way to 100 because the slab serifs in the Rockwell font are very unforgiving. (Slang term for "squeezed together.") So you'll need to select it with the Text Tool, and on the Character Palette, adjust the letter spacing or Tracking. Your bottom type may have become scruntched. This leaves us with a layer for the type on the top, and a layer with the type on the bottom. Now, you have type at the bottom of a circle.Īt this point you can select the type and key in the legend for the bottom of your circle. Release the mouse and move the cursor to the END of the type.ĭrag away from the type and you'll see the rest of it appear. If a portion of the type goes beyond an anchor, you'll need to move that anchor. You'll see you can get all kinds of results just in the way you drag it. Hover at the origin point until you see the cursor with the black arrow.ĭon't release the mouse until the text is where you want it. Take that Direct Select tool (sometimes called "path selection tool") and This preserves all your hard work on the top circle, which we'll be using again later. You should now copy that layer and then hide it. Let's start with the type already set along the circle (as described previously) at the top of the circle. This takes a little patience and careful dexterity. Many times it's difficult getting the type to work on the bottom of a circle. Photoshop Tips & Tricks answers questions posted to the Photoshop 911 hot line!. Adobe Photoshop can be confusing at times.