Now, go ahead and complete the process, then rotate the text by whatever method necessary to see the differing origins one from the end of the line in a previous step (green crosshair in previous thread) and the other, new origin of the “merged” entities (red crosshair in the previous thread).Īnother possible way to see this is to make a circle, make duplicate of the circle, do the text on path routine (selecting either of the circles), rotate the new text and the two circles should appear no longer residing at the same origin.

Place text in the work space and during the process of doing the Text to Path routine onto the circle, note the changed origin! Consider this line as a reference point for what is about to be changed. To see this in action, draw a circle, then a line extending out from the circle’s origin. This is very cumbersome to rotate the text and then have to reposition the center of the circle back and the text back to the circle’s original location. You can see that in the previous thread looking at the red and green crosshairs for the two different origins. What is wanted is for the center of the circle to be the origin from which the text rotates around, not the calculated center between the two entities. When I (we) combine (Text to Path) text on a circle, the two entities now have a new center point which is no longer the center of the circle.

And yes, I’m aware of the new bendy tool for text but the outer ends are stretched larger and the middle most letters are squished smaller so it’s not entirely the effect we’re looking for. I too have discovered what has tried to explain and found his above thread as not being resolved. Shouldn’t the text remain centered about the circle regardless of what the text contains? However, when selecting the text the positions shown are 7.8517 & 8.0107. After using Apply Text to Path the circle is still at 8.0000 & 8.0000. I have created a circle Ø2.3 (locked ratio) at position X=8.0000 & Y=8.0000. Apply text to path - not on center of circle LightBurn Software Questions

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