Draw a path and then use the text on a path tool.
Bob
Thanks for that Bob, but its not just one line of text, its a whole paragraph of vertical text.
While Bob is right, I would have considered the following, assuming you have CS2.
You draw your elipse, invert it, delete. Then invert again. With the marquee tool still active, right click on the selection and choose Make Work Path, set the pixel size to between 1 and 2. Now your path exists. Click on the Text tool and as you bring it to the path, you’ll see the cursor change. Start typing.
Note: this method doesn’t produce a perfect path, so you may need to tweak it with the path selection tool.
Thanks for that, but as I say its not just one line of text, and the path will of course not continue down the vertical curve when you hard return to start on the next line.
You are not being clear. Paragraph shmaragraph. There’s only so much room around a path. Perhaps if you posted an example of what you’re after it would help.
Sorry Im notam I. Erm, how exactely do I post the image in this message box. I have tried honest?!
Thanks for your patience
YrbkMgr,
You know how in a magazine you see a block of type and there’s an illustration floating in the middle of it, with the type showing on both sides? I believe that’s what Angie is describing, not type on path.
Like I said, best done in a Page Layo9ut program.
best done in a Page Layout program.
But easy enough to do in Photoshop if you don’t have one.
Thanks Ed. It just wasn’t coming to me.
Thankyou Phos for the link, it worked perfectly! A really good straightforward tutorial.
Thankyou everyone for your patience and help with this, really appreciated.
Angie
Good to hear you got is sussed, Angie.
Sometimes, the lingo gets in the way of clear communication.
For some (like me and you) who have never done "text wrap" as you call it in Photoshop, looking for a tutorial might prove difficult. What you’re after is known as "runaround" in some other (generally, page layout) applications; when I went looking for that tutorial, many websites used the term "text wrap" to indicate the effect of mapping a flat image onto the pseudo-3D shape of a bottle, as you would with mocking up a label onto a photo a wine bottle. Still other websites were using the term "text wrap" to indicate a simple text-following-a-path.
Aaaah terminology! Will it ever be understandable?
That depends on your definitions of "will", "it", "ever", "be" and "understandable"
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That depends on your definitions of "will", "it", "ever", "be" and "understandable"
That sums it up.
Bon nuit René 😉
