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Purpose
The purpose of this tutorial is to demonstrate how to create a path and then type text along that path when the path is a circle or a different shape; this particular tutorial is based on Photoshop CS5.


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  1. Under Workspace click on Paths.

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  1. By Layers and Channels you should now have a tab for Paths.

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  1. Select the marquee tool to create a shape.

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  1. Create the shape in the document space.

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  1. Right-click on the area and from the menu select "Make Work Path...".

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  1. Specify a tolerance and click "OK".

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  1. The work path should now be defined.

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  1. From the left menu select the text tool "T" and the option "Horizontal Type Tool".

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  1. Hover over the edge of the work path you created until the cursor changes to a text cursor with a squiggly line.

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  1. After clicking on it a new layer should be created with a title similar to "Layer 1 Type Path".

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  1. You should be able to type text and have that text follow the path (in this case, around in a circle).

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  1. At this point you may want to delete the path but retain the text. Begin by selecting "Path Selection Tool" from the left menu.

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  1. Once you have selected the path you can delete it or you can delete the path from the paths layer.

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  1. At this point you should only have text in the document and no path. You can continue to alter the properties of the text at this point without the path.


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