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Text to path.
Hi
Anyone help me with fitting text to path on a circle,
I can sort out the top arc but not the bottom.
What am i not doing.
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Look at the toolbar for all the options like "position", "above, below or on the line" "offset from the line" etc, failing that select node edit and move the big diamond along the line.
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As Graeme says play around in the ‘fit text to path’ box.
Depends if you want it right way up or upside down…. inside path or outside.
On some versions of Corel it’s not easy to understand or remember, on some there is a ticky box that alters things around.
Good luckIan :lol1:
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ok, draw your circle, then what i do is to draw a line across the centre of the circle, then curve it to the top ark of the circle.
then do it again, but curve to the bottom half of the circle.
remove (not delete) circle
write the text you want on the top and then fit to path.
write text you want on bottom and again, fit to path.
once text is i position you can delete the lines (can be handy to make copies of them before adding text though!) and place text around the circle.
the other thing to bear in mind, if you draw your line from left to right, the text will fit left to right. if you do the opposite and draw right to left, that is how the text will fit, so if you flip a line, the text will also flip when you attach it.
something to remember!
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quote Hugh Potter:the other thing to bear in mind, if you draw your line from left to right, the text will fit left to right. if you do the opposite and draw right to left, that is how the text will fit, so if you flip a line, the text will also flip when you attach it.something to remember!
:you: That explains a lot!! 😀
How many hours have I wasted wondering what I’ve done wrong!! 😳
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A similar problem. How do I make my text line up vertically? One letter on top of the other so I can read it downwards.
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Just put each letter on a different line, i.e. hit return key after each letter…… you can use alignment here, left right, centre.
You can then adjust spacing/kerning with pick tool.Ian :lol1:
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Thanks Ian, being doing that. Just hoped there was a fit to path option I could use.
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quote Adrian Yeo:quote Hugh Potter:the other thing to bear in mind, if you draw your line from left to right, the text will fit left to right. if you do the opposite and draw right to left, that is how the text will fit, so if you flip a line, the text will also flip when you attach it.
something to remember!
:you: That explains a lot!! 😀
How many hours have I wasted wondering what I’ve done wrong!! 😳
you and me both!!
can still be a pain to manually adjust individual letters that don’t seem to tow the line particularly well!
as for stacking letters, tricky, yup.
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In Corel its very easy and simple to line up letters or use them on a curve, or type vertically
USE ILLUSTRATOR!!! :rofl:
I use both, I just wish they could incorporate both of them into one program
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Along similar thoughts, I have long wondered why Coreldraw (or Illustrator) didn’t have output to plotter facilities same as Signlab, so you wouldn’t need signlab at average levels at all.. Or maybe answer is that Corel has business links with one of the big sign software providers and knows they can keep the price up there.
Ian :lol1:
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Before getting the Cadet, I always cut direct from Coral. Initially using version 8.
I did get a copy of signpal with my Puma but found it far more awkward to use so stuck with what I was comfortable with.
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quote :didn’t have output to plotter facilities same as Signlab,what do you mean Ian and what make plotter do you run
chris
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I cut directly from Corel and use no plug ins at all
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I cut direct from Corel too V12. No plug in. But its fun when its a multipage document and I forget to click the print current page box.
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I’ve always used Rolands except I once had a Mimaki running along side my Roland at the time.
To explain what I mean let’s imagine a fairly basic vector to cut, say 3 meters x 1 meter, 3 colours of vinyl, one of the colours at end of the drawing.
If, as I do, I export as eps to signlab I select one colour with one finger and select cut, it cuts from start of vinyl. Select another colour it cuts etc.
In corel as far as I understand you first set up a page (which has limited maximum dimensions), then you have to manually drag your chosen colours (how do you select all of one colour with one finger press) down to beginning of your page, making sure your within the page or you miss some, destroying your drawing in the process and then cut. Alternative is to put all of your drawing on the page but what if one of your colours is only at end of the drawing, you still have to drag that to beginning of page.
Or perhaps you guys know a better way, hope so…..
Ian :lol1:
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What I do is make a full copy of the design on page one in Corel, in your case all 3 colours. Then I select one of the colours by selecting each piece of the same colour. ( as far as I know its not possible to select all the same colour with one click). Copy those selected and paste them to a second page. Do the same with the other two colours , each to their own page. What you must do is GROUP all the items of each colour, on and off the page or the cutter will only see what is on the Corel page. Then go to print/cut and select each page as you load your material. etc etc
Clear as mud.
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quote Ian Muir:I’ve always used Rolands except I once had a Mimaki running along side my Roland at the time.
To explain what I mean let’s imagine a fairly basic vector to cut, say 3 meters x 1 meter, 3 colours of vinyl, one of the colours at end of the drawing.
If, as I do, I export as eps to signlab I select one colour with one finger and select cut, it cuts from start of vinyl. Select another colour it cuts etc.
In corel as far as I understand you first set up a page (which has limited maximum dimensions), then you have to manually drag your chosen colours (how do you select all of one colour with one finger press) down to beginning of your page, making sure your within the page or you miss some, destroying your drawing in the process and then cut. Alternative is to put all of your drawing on the page but what if one of your colours is only at end of the drawing, you still have to drag that to beginning of page.
Or perhaps you guys know a better way, hope so…..
Ian :lol1:
you are obviously well sorted so whats your problem 😀
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No problem Chris, just responding to another members observation……. would be more efficient though if cutting could be handled better in Corel only.
The way I do it does lead to Corel, EPS and signlab files all for one job which is not so brilliant…. and, especially if I’m busy, I sometimes notice that I need to tweak a design, say a node or kerning in signlab as I’m about to cut rather than re-adjust in Corel and re-export… that can be a nuisance if I ever have to repeat a version of that job at a later date.
Ian :lol1:
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