ArtCAM enables you to position vector text on or around any open or closed vector.
You can either create your text first, then select the curve you want to wrap it to, or you can create the text directly on the curve. If you have a vector selected before you open the Text tool, the vector is selected automatically. Click Cancel in the On a Curve area to undo this selection.
Use the options in the On a Curve area of the Tool Settings: Text Tool panel to control the position of the text relative to the curve.
There are a few differences in the behaviour of vector text on a curve and normal vector text blocks:
- When text is wrapped to a curve, hold down the Ctrl key while dragging to increase or decrease the space between selected characters. The spacing between unselected characters is unaffected.
- If text exceeds the length of the curve, the text continues on at the tangent of the curve.
- You can wrap multiple lines of text along a curve. Press Enter while typing to start a new line of text that is wrapped to the same curve.
