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Resize path after typing
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| Larissa Rodriguez 2006-11-19, 9:14 pm |
| Hi! I'm a newbie going through Adobe Illustrator CS Classroom in a Book to try to get a handle on all the stuff Illustrator can do. I'm stuck on the "Type on Path" part. I drew a path using the pencil tool, selected the path Type tool, clicked on my path
line, and typed my line of text. The text overflowed. How do I resize the path, because I like the size of my font and everything and would rather not change it. Selection tool, direct select, text tool all do nothing (a nod to all of those out there who
are thinking "of course it wouldn't") to resize the path. Do I really have to do a trial and error thing, or is there some obvious trick that I'm just missing?
Thanks in advance!
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| Bert Philippus 2006-11-19, 9:14 pm |
| Larissa:
With the group select tool (the white arrow with the + next to it), click on the path (be careful not to grab the text into the selection, only the path), then scale it and your text should now fit better (or worse, depending on how you're scaling).
You may need to reposition the text after scaling, do this by selecting the path and the text with the same selection tool (click once on the text to do this), and sliding the little I-beams left or right.
Bert
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| Larissa Rodriguez 2006-11-19, 9:14 pm |
| Still can't get it to work. I have Illustrator CS 11.0. When I use the group select tool and click on the path, I get the bounding box and I click and drag to resize, but it scales everything (including the type). I'm just looking to make the path longer
so that everything fits. I'm guessing that you're going to tell me that I can't make the path longer, so I have to scale it up and resize the font. That's fine. I was just hoping I could do it in one step instead of a trial-and-error kind of thing.
Thanks for your help,
-Larissa
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| Bert Philippus 2006-11-19, 9:14 pm |
| Larissa:
Don't use the bounding box, select the path and use the scale tool.
Bert
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| Larissa Rodriguez 2006-11-19, 9:14 pm |
| Yay! Got it! Thanks very much!
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| Harron_K._Appleman@adobeforums.com 2006-11-19, 9:14 pm |
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When I use the group select tool and click on the path, I get the bounding
box and I click and drag to resize, but it scales everything (including
the type).
Then you did not grab only the path as Bert had admonished. Go into outline mode. That will make selecting only the path easier.
Are you going back to the regular selection tool after using the direct selection tool? That's the only way you'd get the bounding box back. If you got the bounding box right away, you were not using the direct selection tool.
I'm guessing that you're going to tell me that I can't make the path longer,
so I have to scale it up and resize the font.
I have confidence in you, Larissa. You can make the path longer. Don't let us down.
{Edit} Oops. Never mind.
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| Bert Philippus 2006-11-19, 9:14 pm |
| Harron:
As they say in my native Holland:
"Mustard after the meal."
Larissa:
Glad you've got it sorted out.
Bert
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| Larissa Rodriguez 2006-11-19, 9:14 pm |
| Harron,
You were right, though. I have to admit I was clicking everywhere and on everything to try to make it work. Sometimes determination is not as important as accuracy. I was hoping for a lucky "shotgun" hit, but it pays to notice the details. Now if only I c
ould get all of the "shift+click/alt+click/ctrl+click/ . . ." options down.
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I'll try determination AND accuracy and see how that works :-)
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| Stephen_Fish@adobeforums.com 2006-11-19, 9:14 pm |
| Larissa:
Toggle View> Smart Guides (Ctrl + u) on and off as needed. It tells you what your Direct Select tool is over.
steve
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| Harron_K._Appleman@adobeforums.com 2006-11-19, 9:14 pm |
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As they say in my native Holland: "Mustard after the meal."
As they say in my native Japan: "The poison after your uncle learns to use the karaoke machine."
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