How to curve type around a badge using Adobe Illustrator CS3 - ArtworkExplained.com.au 

Almost 14 years later and still helpful as ever

10 years later and it still works. Thanks for the help!

After 10 years I finally understand this! Thank you so much.

Thanks Marty, your description was the only one I could find that was simple and made sense.

This is by FAR the best tutorial I have found on typing text around a circle. Thank you!!

Thank you for posting this. You've turned something that has baffled so many people into something so brilliantly easy. You have saved me so much time.

Aligning the text at the bottom with the text at the top was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

i should be watching this tutorial 4 years back. I spending too much time curving the type all this while. Thank you so much sir !

Years ago I had a copy of that much maligned program Corel Draw and it was very simple to do this! Thanks for this as I learn again, so I can make a label for my chutney!

Still saving my life in 2020. Thanks!

This was great! I learned a bunch of little tricks.Even though we are way beyond Illustrator CS 3, lol, it was still relevant!

i know it sounds ridiculous, but i have been trying for years to figure this out and i even watched this video months ago and still could not figure it out -- but this morning, i really needed to do it for a client and i came back to this video and 1/2 into it, it finally clicked for me -- thank you!!!

Amazing, found that so easy to follow and now I have a lovely badge that I can send off to be woven and appreciated by my students - much more beautiful than the one I had produced before watching you video! Thanks!!

3:39 - Just what I've been looking for. Thank you.

love that guy's voice, it's very soothing

Awesome tutorial. Finally I can get the text at the bottom of a graphic like this to read the correct way!! Should've watched this video years ago...!!!

Been using Corel for many years. I never was able to curve text. I barely upstained AiCs3 and this freakin rocks! Thanks man

I just couldn't remember how to turn the script over on the bottom. Thanks so much for the refresher! You are awesome.

Thank you so much for your video you are the only one that explains things as you go.. and in a way we newbies understand ..

VERY HELPFUL- THE OTHER VIDEOS IN THIS CLASS WERE A JOKE.

Awesome dude, the best way to explain how the hell the type tool work on paths. Liked and subscribed.

LOVE THIS! Would you be able to repost the supporting PDF link? I would like to be able to have the directions handy as I don't do this very often and the instructions help! Thank you!

Thanks so much for a great tutorial. I knew how to create circular text, but didn't know how to reverse it on the bottom. Other tutorials I watched didn't help. One simple point that you gave saved me hours of what could have been total frustration!!! Thanks again for your generosity in sharing your vast knowledge!

cheers dude helped a lot! many many thanks. its quite unbelievable that after 5 years experience with Illustrator something so simple as rounded text should be so difficult to figure out :P

Have always wanted to know how to do this. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us all, god bless the Internet!!

I want to give you A THOUSAND hugs for this. Thank you!!! No really... THANK YOU!!!

I've been trying to figure this out on my own for years!!! Thank you so much!

Thanks Marty. This is the best youtube video I have seen explaining anything! You are clear, not too fast like the others. Wish you lived in my area, I'd hire you as a tutor! (The rest of you who like his voice, he is an aussie, lol).

Nice and clear! Thank you! I see some negative comments, but I'm sure, it is better to learn the basics first, not the easy and fast automated method.

Old but gold. Thank you.

Relevant instructions even for CS6. Thanks!

I know this is aside from the point, but this guy's voice is so fucking relaxing

Great instructions! Saved me a lot of work! Pleasant and relaxed accent and voice. Thanks!

Thanks for doing this tutorial, Marty! It really helped me out!

This video showed me exactly what I needed to know and made it easy to understand. Thanks so much!

Such a pleasure to watch and learn. Thorough and quick at the same time. Thank you!

Thank you! I'm just like the poster below - I typically only use Photoshop and finally learned something in Illustrator! :) Was able to create a perfect logo for our family reunion this summer!

Thank you very much, in only 3 min, I learn how to tex over a path. easy and excelent.

Great and easy tutorial...best and most effective way to add text to a circle that I have ever came across....Thanks for taking the time and uploading this video it is much appreciated!

Select direct selection tool, click on the anchor point you wish to cut, look at where it shows you your selection(near the top of the screen) you should see the scissor tool there. Hope this helps.

This is the best explanation of this technique. Thanks.

Very succinct! Really appreciate this tutorial.

At 3:18 thats the problem ive always had but you got it down Thank you sooo much man!

you have no idea how much you have just saved my arse lol with this tutorial.

Yes it is possible. Instead of making the 2 scissor cuts ( as shown at 1:11 ) just do 1 scissor cut and then select your TYPE tool and click anyway on the line you have cut. Start typing and then use the WHITE ARROW to move the start or end point (depending on if you have the type centre, left aligned or right aligned). Cheers MrTchupam

Thanks

Finally, a tutorial that explains how to center the text. All the other tutorials just center it roughly, which is so unprofessional.

i'm not too familiar with illustrator, but you are fantastic! would love to have you as a teacher

Thank you, very helpful when we forgot some simple tips :)

Thank you!! Been able to do my own logo. Life saver thanks

Alexander3487 Someone answered it in the comments! I had the same issue. In the top right corner of the character tab there is a down arrow that will bring down a menu. Hit show options and you'l get the rest of the buttons.

Perfect. Quick video that showed me exactly what I needed. Thank you.

Wow thank you so much, really helped alot with an assignment for college :) CS4 users, it's exactly the same so don't worry :)

this was the most thorough and helpful tutorial i could find on this task. Thanks.

THANKS! Helped me with a last minute edit. And yes- I would be happy to listen to you read from the phonebook...

Go to character panel and click the drop down menu and click "show options" it is the extended character options

You are very good at making tutorials. thank you.

Your voice is so peacefull!!!

Thanks so much for posting this clear and easy to follow video! I used it and the related PDF to draft a logo for an upcoming event I'm working on.

Thanks, you're a lifesaver! Using Illustrator for the first time, been trying to get text around a circle for the last few hours using the built-in Arc Warp effect but that wasn't working correctly.

First of all thank you, for your tutorial, helped me alot. I wanted to know how you've got to the 18.5, so i've read through the comments for your answer. What i figured out for my designs is that it fits always perfectly if you take 70% the size of your font. e.g. 26 Pt Font-Size x 0.7 = 18.2 Pt Just to let other people know the formular for future questions. Keep up the great work and thanks again :)

Thank you for the very easy and eloquent tutorial

do one circle, then select it, press cmd+c (ctrl+c) then press cmd+f (ctr+f) and just make the selected circle smaller. as a result you'll have two circles one inside of the other. However, if u want to do multiple circles with same distance between each other, u'll have to press one the center of the first circle with the (L) tool and write down the sizes of the circle. Hope this is helpful

AWESOME TUTORIAL, AND WITH A COOL ACCENT!

Fantastic, l've struggled to do this for years, thank you for your video!

Your video is still very helpful today.

Hi andersondexter - many thanks for your kind and encouraging words :) I appreciated it. Thanks.

Thank you so much Marty! Very helpful, I had forgotten how to do this :)

Brilliant - just what I needed.

Thank you very much!!! Very informative and just what I needed to get it working!

i dono why but it doesnt work when i do thes it only writes isaight of circle.

You're a life saver. Used this today. Thanks :)

Very few web tutorials are as clear and concise as yours and although this a basic illustrator stuff I think you have done an excellent job! You ought to think about doing voice overs too! What about a Fosters commercial or one to bring Castlemaine 4X back to the UK? Keep up the great work! Roo de roo!

wow!!! best video in RU-vid!!! Thank you so much!!!

extremely good quality tutorial video. I wish you made more of the internet! Great voice as well. Like the old style art instructionals.

That was great, you helped me jump a major hurdle. Thank you!

FOUND IT! thanks anyways. You're video has been VERY HELPFUL!

Hey, you are great, clear and simple, thank you so much!!!

he shows it in the tutorial, there's this icon that shows up which looks like an upside down T when you hover over the text. You just drag it up to get it straight, then in the character panel, you bring down the baseline. Look at 3:17 in the video!

Great video! This was super helpful for a project I am working on!

This was so helpful. Thank you! And the pdf is really great to share.

Thank you! I've been searching for this exactly for a long time!! :)

Just what i was looking for, thanks! x

JUST DRAW A PATH ( A SHAPE) AND USE THE TYPE TOOL ADAPTED FOR SHAPES (LONG CLICK ON THE TYPE TOOL AND CHOOSE)

thanks Marty. As simple as helpful!

Thanks , that was helpful , the way you play illustrator is amazing

i was trying to dothis many times and finally i found the way haha thanks so much dude

Your voice is ASMR!

På seg selv kjenner man andre. Jeg har faktisk mer fornuftige ting å gjøre enn å spre feilinformasjon på internett.

Best video tut on curvy text...

No, it's grouped with eraser and knife. You can get to it by pressing C (like in cut).

Congratulations, excellent demo..

Many thanks for this tutorial, it's perfect

haha just spent an hour creating something that was really not lining up. Thaaaank you for the video

Excellent demo, 10 out of 10, thanks for sharing.

Awesome tutorial. Thanks for the help

This was really helpful. Thanks!

THANKS THIS HELPED ALOT!!

A+ !!! Very helpful and easy to understand tutorial. Thanks a lot! 2 thumbs up. It's so simple, once you know how to do it ;)

Worked , thanks a lot!