curve text on the bottom of a circle

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sharloww
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curve text on the bottom of a circle

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I hope you guys can help... I am trying to curve text on the bottom of a circle... I am pretty familiar with Inkscape and know how to work the text on a circle. I even broke a circle apart, but when I tried to put the text on the bottom part of the circle it was backwards... I can't figure out how to get the text from left to right. Sorry any tuturials avaliable?
I am trying to curve text on the bottom of a wreath... similar to this
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Re: curve text on the bottom of a circle

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If you have SCAL2 .. you can do that right in there.. here is a video to show you how.. http://cleversomeday.wordpress.com/2010 ... t-on-path/
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Re: curve text on the bottom of a circle

Post by firstcut »

Normally, the way you do this in Inkscape is by reversing the path of the circle (Path>Reverse Path) before you place the text on the path (Text>Put on Path). If that isn't working, try starting over in a new document.
sharloww
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Re: curve text on the bottom of a circle

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First cut.. that worked... everything else has not worked... the letters were uneven or not correctly spaced..and how simple is that! Thanks a ton :)
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Re: curve text on the bottom of a circle

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Probably a stupid question on my part but I am going to ask anyway....so this cuts out words/letters correct? What if you just wanted to print it out on an image?
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Re: curve text on the bottom of a circle

Post by firstcut »

No stupid questions here. Though SCAL's primary purpose is diecutting, either Inkscape or SCAL can be used for printing. I use Inkscape for a lot of print projects.
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