Here’s a video tutorial to show you how the text on a path tool works in SCAL2.
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Thank you for the great info.
SallyW
EXCELLENT!!! Great tutorial – Thank You!!!
Wow, this is fantastic! You explain it so simply. Fabulous – thanks.
Thanks! That was really helpful!
Evelyn
thank you so much for making this viedo. I was just asking my sister how to do this last weekend. She didn’t know so i asked someone else. He found you and gave me your blog. Thanks to Dan and YOU
This Tutorial was great!
what version do you have? I have version 2.005 and it doesn’t have the 3rd option on the T…..I only have Type Tool, and Vertical Type Tool….
Help???
Text on path was added in version 2.011. You can get the free update at craftedge.com
I figured it out! I downloaded the upgrades……how simple!!!
HELP!!!!! I can’t open your video, can you tell me if I need to do something with any settings.
Check the help at youtube.com. You may need a plugin.
Kay, Thanks so much for your video. You make it so easy to understand. Teresa
thanks so much! I’m such a visual person and this is the perfect way for me to learn new things, by ‘watching”!!! thanks for making it look so easy!!!! :0)
Can you make the words go in 2 different directions…for example if you have Happy and Birthday both starting at the left but Happy on the top half of the circle and Birthday on the bottom half?
Yes, that is covered in the last part of the video. You will need to make the circle for the bottom word larger and then drag them on top of each other so that the circles are concentric and the words line up properly as if they were on the same circle.
I am also interested in how you would make birthday not be upside down. I was not able to figure it out
Use reverse path as shown in the video
Thank you for this tutorial. I did some glass etching for the first time over the holidays and wish I had watched this first!
Appreciate you taking the time to educate us!!!
I wonder why I dont have this on my SCAL2 I only have Type tool and vertical type tool??
Sounds like you need to update your SCAL2. Type on path tool was introduced in v2.011
THANKS FOR A GREAT VIDEO. MADE IT SO EASY. JUST ONE PROBLEM, WHEN I SAVE PROJECT AND REOPEN, THE WORDS I DID ON THE PATH ARE MISSING FROM PROJECT. THEY JUST DISAPPEAR. ANY WORDS OF ADVICE???
Andi,
Haven’t heard of this issue before. Did you make sure all the layers were visible? If so, report the bug to craftedge with your SCAL version, and OS. In the meantime maybe you could export as SVG as a workaround.
I am also having the same problem. Did you figure out how to fix it?
I got this to work in a pratice run but now when I type nothing shows up. I am ready to toss SCAL2 and the computer out the window!! Please help!
TIA
Julie
Julie,
I have not experienced this particular issue. I suggest you go to the forums at craftedge.com where you can get specific help for this.
I am trying to get text around a heart in scal, but a pop up tell me to choose an ungrouped single line path to add text to or it will put it on the inside of the heart instead of the outside. I want to put text on the top of heart going from left to right (arched) then on bottom curved
Thanks,
Mary
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I have been banging my head against a wall for a while with this as my ‘help’ doesn’t work on SCAL! This was just perfect! thank you again! 🙂
My SCAL2 does not have this and I really want this along with the stitching option. HELP…How can I get it???
Diane,
Both of these were introduced in v2.011 so if you have that version or later you should have them. You have to hold down the text tool for a second before the pull down appears so you can select the text on path tool. The line styles are at the very bottom of the appearance window and may be hidden. You will need to scroll down to get to it and might have to move another window out of the way first.
I had the older version 2.030 but now I have the newer one. Can any one find any single line fonts for free?
Diane,
I have a number of free single line fonts listed on my blog. Look under pen fonts under the Fonts tab.
This is seriously LIFE CHANGING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
Love your video! Is there any way to calculate the arc of the circle? For instance, I am trying to place vinyl lettering on a glass. If I calculate my drop angle at 1/8 inch, can I make a circle that is 1/8 inch in SCAL, or do I just have to approximate it? Thanks!
Amy,
SCAL can not do this automatically. Here is an online site that can draw curves based on your inputs http://www.red-bag.com/engintools/calccone.php , but it’s probably just as easy to approximate and use trial and error.
Hi…love this. Question. When I try to do this the top part of my words always go inside the circle upside down, like the bottom of the “A” is at the top of the circle. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for the video the rest works out fine, just not that part
select the circle and reverse the path. If that doesn’t work then start a new document and try again.
I’ve tried it several time, and I can not seem to get it to put the letters on top of the circle. I’m trying to do like two arches…one on top facing down and one on bottom facing up. Is this the wrong method for that?
Mykel,
I am not understanding what you are trying to do. If you are trying to have it look like what the one in the video looks like then following the steps in the video exactly will work. If you are trying to have it look like something else then you may have to reverse the other circle, etc.