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  Corel X5 fountain fills following curve of text

  Posted by Ron Waite on 2 February 2011 at 03:54

  How do you keep fountain fills on the same path as curved or arched text.
  Thank you
  Ron Waite 😮

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  Chewy replied 14 years, 9 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  Ron Waite

  Member

  2 February 2011 at 04:09

  Here’s another example

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  Alan Drury

  Member

  2 February 2011 at 08:54

  Place text on screen (Straight)
  Add fountain fill
  Convert to curves
  Add envelope
  Break curve apart
  Adjust fountain angle of each letter

  A bit crude to be honest

  or
  Create text and envelope to shape.
  Create rectangle which will be bigger than the text
  Give fountain fill to rectangle
  Use mesh fill to shape the fountain
  Place text over rectangle, you may need to alter the mesh of the rectangle to follow the text shape
  Select rectangle and powerclip into text

  Alan D

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  Chris Wool

  Member

  2 February 2011 at 09:49

  thanks Alan

  i do like that sort of stuff shame the British business people don’t.
  offered similar on a few occasions and turned down.

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  Ron Waite

  Member

  2 February 2011 at 16:54

  Thank you Alan, if you ever find something easier please post.
  Ron 😕

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  Chewy

  Member

  4 February 2011 at 07:14

  Hi Ron,

  A third option will be to blend two vectors shaped to the curve you want your gradient. Make sure you have enough steps to create a smooth gradient.

  Then powerclip the result into the lettering.

  Quick and easy to edit.

  Hope I explained that clearly enough!?! 🙂

  Dave

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