CURVED TEXT BY MOE

This is a simple tutorial on how to create text with a curve.
It was written using PSP 9.

1.  Have your foreground color set to black and your background color set to null.

2.  Pick your ellipse tool:



Settings:

3.  Draw an oval shape, don't worry too much about how the shape turns out, you can adjust it to how you want by using the tabs.  The arch of your oval, will determine the curve of your text.

4.  When you are happy, pick your text tool.  Set the text tool how you want your text to be (colors, font, ect). I find it best to have alignment set at center. 

5.  Hold the mouse over the line at the top center of your oval shape, and you will see that the A will get a semi circle underneath it. (I tried to get a screen capture but I couldn't, Sorry)
When the semi circle is showing, left click and type in your text and then apply.

6.  Now, on your layer palette, you will see a + next to the vector layer, click on the + sign.  
Now, click on the eye of the 'New Ellipse' layer to hide it.  Your oval will now disappear.

8.  Now convert the vector layer to a raster layer, (layers > convert to raster layer).
 You now have your text on a curve!

NOTE
You can apply this method to any vector shape or line, I just used the oval as an example.

Thank you.
MOE
www.moejbj.co.uk
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This tutorial was written on 7 November 2005.
Thank you,  ©MOE