schmidty 1 Posted August 27, 2012 im looking to make text into curved instead of straight accross i have a volleyball and want to put persons name below ball on a curve and team name above the ball on a curve but dont know how to get text to follow the "outline" of the ball any suggestions? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay2703 704 Posted August 27, 2012 What cutting program are you using? I would recommend using the cutting program to create your text if it can. That way you can edit it later without having to export it from Inkscape then import it back to your cutting program. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coaster36 327 Posted August 27, 2012 Curving text in inkscape is very difficult for some reason. There are a few videos on youtube to show you how to do it. But it would be a lot easier to do if you use your cutting software to do the text. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MZ SKEETER 4,709 Posted August 27, 2012 many tutorialsl on youtube. text on path Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coaster36 327 Posted August 27, 2012 Doing it that way, youll still have a circle when you cut it. You have to remove them. Its really a pain in the arse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robert H. Bigart 64 Posted August 28, 2012 Get this GUY off our site! Bob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BannerJohn 1,324 Posted August 28, 2012 Get this GUY off our site! Bob spammer is gone,Bob. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay2703 704 Posted August 28, 2012 spammer is gone,Bob. Thanks John Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JP Auto N Design 36 Posted August 28, 2012 Not sure what version ur using but you may wanna try this. Type your text, convert it to a path (PATH>OBJECT TO PATH). Make sure the text u wanna bend is still selected, then go back into PATH drop down and go all the way to the bottom and choose PATH EFFECTS. The path effects box will open on the right side. Choose BEND PATH under the "apply new effect" dropdown. Then right below that, choose the little node/node arrow icon ( to make sure you choose the right icon, hover ur mouse over it, it will say "edit on canvas"). Now u will see a line thru ur text with a node on each end. Click the middle of the line (or anywhere for that matter) and you can arch ur text however u like. Hope it helps ya. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coaster36 327 Posted August 28, 2012 Wow very nice JP. Ive never seen that in any videos. Thanks for the tip. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cowboy_1_831 28 Posted August 28, 2012 Thanks for the info JP, I never knew that was there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jay2703 704 Posted August 28, 2012 I would do it in SignBlazer. Then it's editable later. http://screencast.com/t/iMLYrzwjd Jay Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JP Auto N Design 36 Posted August 29, 2012 You're welcome guys, Can't remember if i saw it in a tutorial or just found it during one of my "theres gotta be a better way to do this" experiments. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
