Arc text at top and bottom like sun rays

[deanna15A7]

Hello, I created this last year and somehow the file got lost and I cannot recreate.  I've tried many combos of arcing the type on a path vs not on a path but can't quite get there.  Any thoughts?  Thanks so much!

[Monika Gause]

Maybe using envelopes for the top and bottom text can work. Did you try that already?

[Sunny Smog]

Thanks for the response! I found the old file.  It was on creative cloud and not my computer!

[Jacob Bugge]

Deanna,

How about this?

1) Type (and outline if desired) SUNNY and SMILE separately one over the other, then align horizontally, then stretch/contract either horizontally so they hav the same length (W box in the Transform panel),

2) Select SUNNY and apply Arc with a 100% Bend, then repeat for SMILE only with a -100% Bend,

3) Move either vertically (you can ShiftClickDrag and/or use up/down arrow and/or use Transform Move) to fit).

It looks as if that could have been the way you have done it, owing to the deviation from a circular shape.

If you wish to have it truly circular you need to use another, new way.

[Sunny Smog]

Thanks for the response! I found the old file.  It was on creative cloud and not my computer!

[Jacob Bugge]

For my part you are welcome, Sunny Smog.

May I ask which way it was done?

[Met1]

What's the font?

[Sunny Smog]

Thanks for the response! It is a font that I created.  I found the old file.  It was on creative cloud and not my computer!