Text Path, Counterclockwise?

[fader69]

Hi, working on a logo in Adobe Illustrator 10 for PC.

I have no problem getting text to go clockwise around a circle/ellipse, but i cant the text path to go counterclockwise .

I'd appreciate any sort of help, thank you in advance.

 

[jmgalvin]

Do you mean like the text is backwards? If so, select the path and go to Object menu/transform/reflect. Pick horizontal and click OK. Then repeat the Object menu/transform/reflect and select horizintal again. The text will now be backwards in the same position on the path as it started.

Using OSX 10.3.8 on a G4

 

[fader69]

Thanks for your suggestion jmgalvin, but I dont want the text to be backwards.

Here is the picture, i want the wording "Adobe Illustrator" to curve around the bottom part of the circle in a counterclockwise direction, so that i dont have to turn my head to read the wording ... But when i put the text path on the outline of the circle to type the text it always goes around the circle in a clockwise fashion, which is why the "Adobe Illustrator" appears upside down

any ideas?

 

[itchybug]

Fader:

In Illustrator 10 and earlier (CS has a different text engine):

When you select the circle and the text, there is an I-beam visible, just drag it across the circle (grab it on the outside of the circle with either one of the white selection tools, drag it to the inside) and the text should jump over the circle into the inside. Then, you can either scale up the circle to the proper dimensions, or enter a negative number for the baseline shift.

HTH

Bert

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[itchybug]

To Illustrate:

Before:

After:

HTH

Bert

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[fader69]

FANTASTIC, thank you so much Itchybug!!!!

 

[itchybug]

Anytime, Vader!

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