Fitting text to a curve

Text objects flowing along a curved line or fitted to a shape look impressive and are easy to do in Xara LX. If you fit a column text object to a line, each line in the column of text will follow the line. If you fit a simple text object to a line, the text will flow off the end of the line if it is too long to fit.

To fit text to a curve

1. Select one line (or shape) and one text object.

2. From the Arrange menu, choose Fit Text to Curve.

Tips

You can also type text directly onto a curve. See Typing text onto a curve.

You can still edit text that is on a curve. The text cursor follows the path of the curve. For more information on how you can edit text see Editing text.

When text has been fitted to a curve, applying full justification adjusts the spacing to exactly fit the text on the line. With other justifications, if text does not fit on the line it wraps around onto a new line. If the text is fitted to a shape, it will wrap around the shape again.

If you fit text to a line and it fills more than one line, the shape of the line may mean that the edge of the column slopes at the wrong angle. You can adjust this - see Aligning text on a curve.

You cannot apply a bevel to the curve after fitting text. See Applying a bevel. Nor can you fit text to a beveled line or shape.

To reverse the text on the curve (or swap which side it is on) see Reversing text on a curve.

You can make the curve invisible; see Hiding the line.

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