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Eisenheim
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Nov 9, 2019 11:29 PM UTC
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Arranging Outlined Letters On A Circle

Hi there,

 

Hoping someone could help me with this.  I have a sentence, approximately 40 characters.  They're all outlined and ungrouped (can be grouped of course).

 

If I draw a circle using the shape tool, is there any way I can send these individually outlined objects to follow the path of the circle?  Basically exactly like Type On Path would work if I were typing letters out.

 

These are custom drawn letters otherwise I'd achieve this simply using type of path - Arranging them by hand seems like a very tedious process so wondering if there was a simpler and quicker way.

 

Thanks!

Michael Bullo
Michael BulloCorrect answer
Community Expert
Nov 10, 2019 3:02 AM UTC

Select your outlined text and from the Brushes panel create a new brush and set it to be an Art Brush.  Within the Art Brush Options dialog box set the Brush Scale Options to "Scale Proportionately". Select your circle and apply the new brush to it.

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Participant
Nov 9, 2026 4:27 PM UTC

doing this warps the outlined letters.  is there a way to maintain the outlined letters shape?

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Kurt Gold
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Community Expert
Nov 9, 2026 7:36 PM UTC


Jerry,

In the latest Illustrator versions you may use the Objects on a Path tool.

Note that each character has to be one single object, that is, it works best with ungrouped, non-compound objects (separate A, separate B, separate C etc.).

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Michael Bullo
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Michael BulloCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
Nov 10, 2019 3:02 AM UTC

Select your outlined text and from the Brushes panel create a new brush and set it to be an Art Brush.  Within the Art Brush Options dialog box set the Brush Scale Options to "Scale Proportionately". Select your circle and apply the new brush to it.

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Eisenheim
EisenheimAuthor
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Nov 10, 2019 12:33 PM UTC

Many thanks Michael Bullo - That worked perfectly!

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Michael Bullo
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Nov 10, 2019 8:13 PM UTC

Great to hear. Cheers.

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