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1. Re: outline text running along a path??
(anishsingla) Jun 18, 2008 2:40 AM (in response to lister110@hotmail.com)Hi Thomas,
This is not possible since text has been converted to outline so its a compound path now. -
2. Re: outline text running along a path??
Steve Fairbairn Jun 18, 2008 7:25 AM (in response to lister110@hotmail.com)If you recognize the font it will be quickest for you to type it again rather than fiddling around with loose characters. Can be done but it's a pain. -
3. Re: outline text running along a path??
Wade S Zimmerman Jun 18, 2008 1:09 PM (in response to lister110@hotmail.com)If you don't mind distortion the you can make the are into an art Brush and stroke the ellipse. -
4. Re: outline text running along a path??
(Gary_Newman) Jun 18, 2008 3:43 PM (in response to lister110@hotmail.com)As Wade said, there will be some distortion, but you can minimize it by:
Draw an unfilled, unstroked rectangle around the outlined text so that the letters fit just inside it. Take the Height of the rectangle and move the bottom segment down by that amount.
Select outlined type and rectangle and click on the New Brush button. Make it a Pattern Brush. In the options, click on Add Space.
Click on your ellipse and click the new brush. Pattern brushes are applied to a segment at the pattern's center. Making the blank rectangle twice as tall as the letters ensures that the center of the brush is at the text's baseline, which helps minimize distortion. -
5. Re: outline text running along a path??
Wade S Zimmerman Jun 18, 2008 7:11 PM (in response to lister110@hotmail.com)Actually I happen to like this approach myself as opposed live text on a path approach because you can custom kern the text visually first and then make the brush and kerning will be intact.
At Photolettering Inc. her in New York we use to call this an O Gee curve because if you put it on a wavy contour the distortion would follow the wavy contour and distort accordingly.
It was generally the preferred way in the days of custom headlines. -
6. Re: outline text running along a path??
lister110@hotmail.com Jun 19, 2008 12:48 AM (in response to lister110@hotmail.com)I thought there was a way with pattern brushes. Ive used this before but made the mistake of trying to control each letter. This works just fine. Thanks for your help...

