Text in the border of a circle

[biggscoug]

Does anyone have a tutorial on how to add negative text inside the border of a circle?

Thanks.

[adbuch]

Are you looking to do something like this?
David

[adbuch]

[biggscoug]

Yes. How did you do this? This is magic.

[adbuch]

Yes. How did you do this? This is magic.

I will take a look at this again this evening and see if I can show you some screen shots of my steps.
David

[biggscoug]

Awesome. Thank you.

I can get the letters outside the circle on the top and bottom. Inside the border on the top and bottom has been baffling.

[adbuch]

Here is one way to do it.
David

[adbuch]

[adbuch]

text in circle.dxf

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text in circle.svg

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[biggscoug]

Thanks. Lemme work on this tonight to figure it out.

[adbuch]

Let me know how you make out. Here is some information you may find helpful.
David

https://inkscape-manuals.readthedocs.io ... -arcs.html

https://inkscape-user.narkive.com/ZZNnF ... ic-circles

[biggscoug]

Path break apart is where it goes wrong for me. Once combined the words and the circle are not breaking. When I duplicate it dups the entire design, not just the circle.

[biggscoug]

The video shows how to put the words on the inside of the bottom of the circle. I am looking to do both.

Thank you for your help. Im getting there.

[acourtjester]

here you go, now I had to use Inkscape 1.01 as the newer version would crash after about 3 steps in trying to show how to do it.

[adbuch]

Path break apart is where it goes wrong for me. Once combined the words and the circle are not breaking. When I duplicate it dups the entire design, not just the circle.

Let me take a look to see if I can be more specific as to what I did.
David

[adbuch]

I used "Path, Combine" before I rotated. (If you don't do that, then there is nothing to break apart.) Then after rotating, "Path, Break Apart". After this, you could actually just move the circle up a bit to create the text in circle effect.

[biggscoug]

Im working on this today… and right when I think Ive got it…. it crashes lol just my luck

[biggscoug]

I can get the bottom words done. When I try to add or bring back the top text, I either cannot put the text on path OR the words will not show up on top of the circle to place where I want them.

[biggscoug]

Im finding an issue brining the top text back and having it fit. What fit on the top of the circle once moved inside … the bend of the text doesnt fit.

[acourtjester]

You may need to compress or expand it to get the correct shape to fit. Another trick would be to use 2 different size circles, as when it switches from outside to inside the text size changes slightly.

[adbuch]

You may need to compress or expand it to get the correct shape to fit. Another trick would be to use 2 different size circles, as when it switches from outside to inside the text size changes slightly.

I like the idea of using the two different size circles, then you could "cut & paste" to get the text where you want it in the other circle.
David

[biggscoug]

You may need to compress or expand it to get the correct shape to fit. Another trick would be to use 2 different size circles, as when it switches from outside to inside the text size changes slightly.

It’s the way the words bow/bend against the circle. Making them bigger or smaller doesn’t fix the issue.

This is sorcery.

[adbuch]

You may need to compress or expand it to get the correct shape to fit. Another trick would be to use 2 different size circles, as when it switches from outside to inside the text size changes slightly.

It’s the way the words bow/bend against the circle. Making them bigger or smaller doesn’t fix the issue.

This is sorcery.

Show us your file so we can take a look. dxf or svg will be fine.
David

[biggscoug]

I got it. There is a video on youtube that shows it. IronEcho was the guy. Thanks for all the help.

[adbuch]

I got it. There is a video on youtube that shows it. IronEcho was the guy. Thanks for all the help.

If you share the file you are working on, it may help others here trying to figure out the same thing.
Or at least some screen shots - so let's have a look.
Thanks,
David