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Getting Type In A Perfect Circle

 

Now that Photoshop can really give you type in a circle, getting a perfect circle that you can add type to is not as obvious as you’d think. To get this perfect circle, click on the Shape tools in the Toolbox and choose the Ellipse tool from the flyout menu (or press Shift-U). Then go up to the Options Bar, and in the group of three icons from the left, click on the middle icon, which creates a regular path, rather than a Shape layer or a pixel-based shape. Then, press-and-hold the Shift key, and drag out your circle (the Shift key constrains the shape to a perfect circle). Now you can press T to switch to the Type tool and move your cursor over the circle. When it changes into a Type on a Path cursor, click on the circle and get to typin’.

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2 Comments

  1. KaiserG said on — August 19, 2008 @ 11:29 pm

    Thanks for the info, very useful! i was looking for this

  2. Jay W said on — September 5, 2008 @ 4:12 pm

    Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

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