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I am trying to make sligtly curved text. Our best friends son is graduating from college the 19th of this month and I need to make him some sweatshirts and tee-shirts. I have tried every tut for Inkscape and PSP8 and no matter what I do it warps the text way more that I need it too be. I am about crying over this because I have been working on it for 3 weeks and still cannot tweek it the way it needs to be. Here is my SCAL original




I need the words "Penn State and Forestry" to slightly curve around the logo, I am at my wits end. Can someone please help me? Thank You so much for listening.

In Inkscape, the secret to not getting distorted text is to use Text>Put on Path instead of Pattern on Path. draw an oval, type your text, click both then select text> put on path. If you want it on the inside, select the oval then path>object to path then path>reverse. To move the letters on the oval, select them, then alt-arrow. You can edit, resize and kern the text, and change the size of the oval all you want. When you are done, select the text then path>object to path and delete the oval.

I personally think the Word Art tool in MS word, powerpoint, publisher, etc. is the easiest way to do this, but there again you have to pick the right tool because the one with the thick half circle distorts the text while the one with the thin half circle curves it around without distortion.

If you have a lot of patience, just draw an oval in SCAL and rotate and align your letters to it one by one, then erase your oval.

If you're going to use inkscape .47 I would suggest using the Path Editor and use Envelope Deformation or Bend feature.

Here's the tutorial on that if you're interested...
http://www.scrappydew.com/tutorials/fil ... e_text.php

Did you get it to work then?

I know someone had posted instructions on how to do it with MS Word an it was super easy.
I actually just got on the MB to search for it because I want to curve something.
If I find it I'll link to it just incase you haven't gotten it to work yet or if anyone knows what instructions I am talking about, please pm me or BTT for me.

Thanks.

FMM,
It is super easy, but it is different depending on the version of word you have as far as getting started so you may need to search the web for your version of word plus wordart to find out how to invoke wordart. You are looking for an icon that has a slanted blue A to click. In my version of word it is under the draw tools. Then you type in your text, pick the first plain (first) text style, then choose the circle shape and resize.

firstcut wrote:FMM,
It is super easy, but it is different depending on the version of word you have as far as getting started so you may need to search the web for your version of word plus wordart to find out how to invoke wordart. You are looking for an icon that has a slanted blue A to click. In my version of word it is under the draw tools. Then you type in your text, pick the first plain (first) text style, then choose the circle shape and resize.

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Thanks for the help!

Thanks for the tip (I tired it and was able to do it).............but how do I save the file in order to be able to use it in scal?

Nancy

Thanks firstcut. That works beautifully. I haven't tried the others yet.
Happy New Year Everybody

Tried curved text in Inkscape and got it to work, but I can't import the SVG into SCAL.

Word looks to be an easier option, but how do I save the text (what format) to use it in SCAL, and what option in SCAL do I use (trace or import?)

Thanks!

I would be interested in knowing this as well. Thanks