How-To Write on the margin of a circle without outline of the circle under the text

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August 25, 2024
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How do you not have the outline of the circle behind the letters?

I drew a circle --> copied it --> locked the first layer --> typed on the path of the second layer --> centred it -->set path's baseline to centre.

I would appreciate your advice.

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

Created a circle and made a copy on a layer below it.
Put text on a path and positioned it to the path center.

Set the black fill of the text to None.

Added a black fill in the Appearance panel
Added a thick white stroke in the Appearance panel and dragged it below the fill.

Set the opacity of the white stroke to 0%

Selected both the text on path and the path below it and made it a Group.
Checked in the Opacity of the Group the Knockout Group to make it transparent.

Ton Frederiks

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You can check this PDF and open it in Illustrator to see how this works.

type_on_path.pdf

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naren1705Author

Known Participant

Thank you, Ton!

Along the advice you had given, I now have managed to achieve what I had wanted. Thank you very much!

I have posted a reminder of the steps on the YouTube. It is a rough cut. I hope I will be able to post a more explanatory video in the coming week. I have acknowledged your guidance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K2KCjjyQN0

Thank you and wishing you a great rest of the day!

Naren

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Thank you, Naren. Good to hear you have. it working now.

Ton Frederiks

Correct answer

Community Expert

Created a circle and made a copy on a layer below it.
Put text on a path and positioned it to the path center.

Set the black fill of the text to None.

Added a black fill in the Appearance panel
Added a thick white stroke in the Appearance panel and dragged it below the fill.

Set the opacity of the white stroke to 0%

Selected both the text on path and the path below it and made it a Group.
Checked in the Opacity of the Group the Knockout Group to make it transparent.

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naren1705Author

Known Participant

Cheers!

I see the logic of the steps.

Where I am hit a wall is when I try to drag the stroke of the text below that of the fill of the text. This just would not happen. When I drag the stroke below the fill, it jumps back up.

I wonder where I am going wrong here.