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Placing text on a curve in Draw or Impress This feature is supported by two different methods: one is easy to use but not very flexible, the other is flexible but more difficult to use. Easy but limited: The Fontwork Gallery This is the standard, supported, recommended way to create 'shaped' text and other graphic text effects. See the section of the Draw Guide for details on how to use it. The Fontwork Gallery only supports shaped text; it does not allow you to place text on any arbitrary curved line. For that, you have to use the more flexible method, described below. Flexible but fiddly: The Fontwork dialog This is the older method for setting and formatting text along an arbitrary curved line. The Fontwork dialog was removed from the normal menus and toolbars with OOo 2.0, so if you need to use it, you first need a way to open the dialog.
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The Fontwork dialog is no longer officially supported and it may be removed entirely at some point, but hopefully not until something better is available to replace it. For general instructions in customizing your menus or toolbars, see in the Getting Started Guide. The interface item you need to add is named “Fontwork” under the “Format” category, and its icon is a blue letter “A”. In the standard 'Galaxy' icon set, the A is on a curve (see inset below); in other icons sets, it is a plain letter. You can add it as a new menu entry, or as a new toolbar item, or both.
Word Processors and Text Editors are Not Pro Writing Apps. It is possible for writers to use a word processor or text editor to get their work done. Ulysses is my favorite writing app. For me, it feels nicer to write in than other apps, and keeps me writing longer. A large part of the appeal for me is. Select Transform, and then choose any of the Follow Path options. For this example, we chose the first one on the left (Arch Up). The text should now follow the curve of your circle. The only problem is, the text is white and we can see the circle. We want black text, and we don’t want to see the circle.
The sample document attached below contains a customized Drawing toolbar that includes the Fontwork dialog button. The Fontwork dialog is a non-modal, context sensitive dialog: once you open it, it stays open, and it will toggle between inactive and active depending on whether the currently selected object supports curved text. The dialog window looks like this (click to view full-size). Creating a curved-text object Once you have a way to open the Fontwork dialog (not the Fontwork Gallery!), you can create text on a curve by:.
Create the curve. You must use a simple curve or polyline, not a shape. Add your caption text to the curve as a label: double-click on the curve and enter your text, or press the F2 key to toggle label text editing on/off for the selected curve. Open the Fontwork dialog and configure the settings for the curved text, as described below.
Configuring the curved-text object With the text-labeled curve selected, open the Fontwork dialog using your custom menu or toolbar item, and click to select one of the text layout options just below the gallery of standard shapes at the top. The first layout option is “Off” which means normal label text; the second is “Rotate” which is the most common way to place the letters of the text along the curve. You probably also want to toggle the “Autosize text” option (rightmost in the row below the layout options). This will scale the text to fill the entire length of the curve. Notes.
You can't use the Fontwork dialog to place text on any kind of drawing object except a line, polygon or curve. That means you can't place text along a circle or rectangle (simple shapes) or a “smart” shape (e.g. A diamond or triangle). However, you can convert a shape to a polygon or curve, then use the Fontwork dialog to lay the label text along the outline. Even though the Drawing toolbar looks almost identical among the different OOo applications, it is actually a different toolbar in each. If you add the Fontwork dialog button to the Drawing toolbar in Draw, you won't find it on the Drawing toolbar in Writer. You will need to add it again for each application where you want to use it.
You can copy/paste curved text among all the applications, but you can't change the object's settings without an active Fontwork dialog. You may notice that OOo does not do a wonderful job of laying out the characters: the spacing may be uneven, or the characters may appear at awkward angles or overlap. Some settings or options are not supported at all in OOo.
If you really need beautiful curved text, use a different tool; e.g., Inkscape is another Open Source drawing tool that supports more options and often gives better results with curved text. Attachments Sample Draw document (23.5 KiB) Downloaded 1714 times.
Design a Logo with Curved Text In this Graphic for Mac tutorial we will create a professional logo design, using a coffee shop logo as an example. We will use Graphic's text on path feature to easily create curved text labels around the top and bottom edges of the logo, and use the Appearance pane to customize the look of the logo's background.
Resources: Step 1 - Create a New Document Let's begin by creating a new document. Choose File New (Control + N) to bring up the New Document panel. Set the document units to pixels, and the document dimensions to 850 pixels wide by 650 pixels high. Step 2 - Draw an Ellipse Select the Ellipse Tool (O) from your Toolbar. Hold the Shift key while dragging to crate a 360 px circle. Make sure that it stays selected and open the Properties pane. Move to the Alignment pane and simply click the Horizontal Centers and Vertical Centers buttons which will bring your selection in the center of the canvas.
Step 3 - Set the Fill and Stroke Styles With the circle shape selected, switch to the Effects pane in the Appearance panel to customize the its settings. Click the color well of the Fill item to change the circle's fill color. From the RGB color picker, choose R= 110 G= 48 B= 0. Click the Stroke color well, change the stroke color to R= 130 G= 62 B= 0 and drag that Alpha slider to 100%. Next, click on the Stroke item to view and edit its settings. Set the Width to 10 pt and the Position to Outside. Step 4 - Add a Second Stroke Using the Effects pane you can add multiple strokes, fills, and effects to shapes.
Click the plus button from the bottom of the panel and choose 'Stroke' from the popup menu to add a second stroke to your circle shape. Seelct this new Stroke and set the Width to 5 pt. Change the Position setting to Outside and set its color to white ( R= 255 G= 255 B= 255). Step 5 - Set a Drop Shadow Make sure that your circle is still selected, keep focusing on the Effects pane and simply check the box that stands for the existing Drop Shadow effect to activate it. Select it and enter 0 in the X box and 2 in the Y box. Drag the Size slider to 5 pt and then click the color well that stands for this Drop Shadow effect. Make sure that the color is set to black and drag the Alpha slider to 75%.
Step 6 - Add a Text Object We will create each text label in its own layer. Create a new layer by choosing Arrange New Layer (Shift + Command + N). To create the first text object, choose the Text Tool (T) from the Toolbar and click and drag a text area on top of the circle. From the Tool Options bar, choose the American Typewritter font, set the style to Regular and the size to 45 pt. Change the text color to white and type the label's text, 'Smooth Roast' for this example. Step 7 - Create the Text Path Select the Ellipse Tool (O) again from the Toolbar.
Create a 270 px circle and don't forget to center it using the same buttons from the Alignment pane. This smaller circle doesn't need a color for fill/stroke.
Simply disable the active Fill and Stroke from the Effects pane. Step 8 Choose the Move Tool (V) from the Toolbar and with the Shift key pressed click to select both the text object and smaller circle shape. Go to Modify Place Text on Path to bind the text to the circle path.
Step 9 By default, the text begins at the bottom of the circle. To position the text on the path, click on the round handle next to the first character and drag it along the path. Step 10 Now, you will need a grid every 5 px. This simply means that you need to return to the Grid pane from the Properties panel and enter 5 px in both Spacing boxes. Create a new layer by going to Arrange New Layer (Shift + Command + N). Using the Text Tool (T), create a second text object.
Use the same style settings as before and add the 'Coffee Company' line of text. Using the Ellipse Tool (O), create a 325 px and don't forget to center it. Make sure that it stays selected, go to the Effects pane and simply disable the active Fill and Stroke. Step 11 As before, select both the text object and circle path using the Move Tool (V). Go to Modify Place Text on Path to bind the text to the path.
The text will initially be placed on the outside of the path. To place the text on the inside of the path, choose Modify Reverse Path Direction. Click and drag the round handle to position the text at the bottom of the label. Step 12 Create a new layer by going to Arrange New Layer (Shift + Command + N). Using the Ellipse Tool (O), create a 240 px circle and don't foget to center it. Set this circle's Fill color to R= 110 G= 48 B= 0 and then select the Stroke. Increase the Width to 2,5 pt, set the Position to Inside and change the color to white.
Step 13 Graphic can import vector shapes and clip art from PDF and SVG files. You can find vector design resources on many different websites, hosts a large library of public domain vector clipart in SVG format that can be used in Graphic.
Import the file using File Open (Comnand + O), or by dragging the file to the Graphic icon in the dock. The file will open as a new Graphic document. Select the coffee bean shape and copy it to the pasteboard using Edit Copy (Command + C). Switch back to the tutorial document. Create a new layer (Shift + Command + N) and paste the shape using Edit Paste (Command + P).
Step 14 With the bean shape selected, set its Fill color to white from the Toolbar. Using the Move Tool (V), you can scale and position the coffee bean shape to fit nicely inside the center of the logo.
To create two more coffee bean shapes, you can either use the copy and paste commands or option-drag the first shape with the Move Tool. Rotate, scale, and position the bean shapes to finish the inner part of the logo.
Step 15 To create the smaller text labels, choose the Text Tool (T) from the Toolbar and click and drag a text area on the left side of the logo. Choose the Arial font, set the style to Bold and change the size to 16 pt.
Set the text alignment to Center and the color to R= 255 G= 188 B= 128. Type 'Since' for the left side label. Using the same attributes, create the right side label with the text '1981'. Finished Design Congratulations, you've finished the tutorial! Hope you've enjoyed learning some of the techniques and processes presented in these steps.
As always, feel free to adjust the final design and make it your own. Graphic File.