Adobe Illustrator Hoes.

I need some help.

I've lagged badly on a 7 week assignment and am trying to get it all done today. (Very Bad Procrastinator.)

I need to transform my text so that it curves.. sorta like a rainbow shape....... and I have no fucking clue how.

Help. :( I'm using Adobe Illustrator 9. :(

If you want to type text along as path (which I think is what you're asking for) draw the path that you want it to follow (the curve, or a circle or whatever) then click on the text tool, hold it down until the other text tools pop out and click the 'type to path' or whatever it's called, it looks like the letter T with a squiggle going thru it. then put the cursor on top of the curve you just created and type......or just read the help file, whatever.

Originally posted by WISE

If you want to type text along as path (which I think is what you're asking for) draw the path that you want it to follow (the curve, or a circle or whatever) then click on the text tool, hold it down until the other text tools pop out and click the 'type to path' or whatever it's called, it looks like the letter T with a squiggle going thru it. then put the cursor on top of the curve you just created and type......or just read the help file, whatever.

uhh yeah what he said.:scramble:

you can do curved text in power point. why not do it there?

yeah what he said but you will have to do a no fill no stroke on your curve so it wont show up in your work. and phuc powerpoint.

you can even do that shit in word if you needed to.

type to path is definitly the way to go.......thats if your type isn't in outlines yet.

caddy is gonna get himself mufucking Microsoft certified soon!! if i get 4, i get a microsoft logo that i can put on all my resumes or letterheads, whatever i want. im hoping it will get me a good job.

"YOU MUST CLICK A NON COMPOUND NON MASKING PATH TO CREATE TEXT ALONG A PATH"

fuck you! what the fuck does that mean, bitch fuck. My help feature doesnt work too, I think cuz it's bootleg.

Originally posted by DEE38

"YOU MUST CLICK A NON COMPOUND NON MASKING PATH TO CREATE TEXT ALONG A PATH"

 

fuck you! what the fuck does that mean, bitch fuck. My help feature doesnt work too, I think cuz it's bootleg.

take the pen tool and create a brand spanking new line and then click on it with the type on path tool (letter T over squiggly line).

should work

Get a skin graft at 75 miles per hour.

in photoshop all it needs is one mouse click... let me know if you still need help...

but then again.. if you're tryin to print out your work.. ilustartor is better... i hear photoshop + fonts + print = mess.....

...hoe

Originally posted by ctrl+alt+del

caddy is gonna get himself mufucking Microsoft certified soon!! if i get 4, i get a microsoft logo that i can put on all my resumes or letterheads, whatever i want. im hoping it will get me a good job.

draw a circle using the elipse tool, hold down the shiftg button while drawing it so you create a perfect circle. hold down the type tool and you'll see the type that looks like it's going on a path, select. click on the circle you drew, where you want the type to begin and type away.

Originally posted by TX

yeah what he said but you will have to do a no fill no stroke on your curve so it wont show up in your work. and phuc powerpoint.

as soon as you put the right cursor on the path it will become invisible.

no need to worry about that business.

"YOU MUST CLICK A NON COMPOUND NON MASKING PATH TO CREATE TEXT ALONG A PATH"

umm, for an easy self tutorial, just draw a circle, then make sure you have the proper type tool selected (the one with the i beam and the diagonal line right beneath it) and then click wherever on the circle and type away.

if you still have problems just drop me a line and we can knock this out real quick.

lol@advice so far

-> type your text

-> right click create outlines (ctrl+shift+o)

-> effects > warp > arc

-> play with the sliders

-> object > expand appearence

tada'

Thanks for everyones help.

:idea:

ahhhh but if you warp/arch the text outline the characters become warped.

as long as you dont create outlines or expand, you can still edit the text ^_^