Distort text

[Hendy374084080dng]

How can I distort text in illustrator?

[Monika Gause]

You can apply an envelope.

Or outline the text and make an artbrush

Or outline the tet and just drag the anchors.

If you show an example, then perhaps help will get better.

[Hendy374084080dng]

I need this text to stay perpotional (envelope warps it) and sit on the arrow.

[Monika Gause]

You want it to look as if it's written on the arrow?

Or you want it to sit on top of the arrow?

[Jacob Bugge]

Hendy,

In this simple case without (real) perspective, how about just using Object>Transform Shear with a Vertical axis and a Shear Angle in the order of -18 degrees (you can use Preview and adjust position and angle to fit)?

[Hendy374084080dng]

How did my design disapear??

All of the sudden while working on it, my design disapeared.

I can view the outlines when pressing cntrl+y

[Monika Gause]

Select it and open the Layers panel and the Appearance panel.

Please show screenshots, not a video

Please embed screenshots in your post, so we do not have to click on them to open them.

[Hendy374084080dng]

[Monika Gause]

You have created a clipping mask.

Probably that's not what you wanted.

Object > Clipping mask > Release

[Hendy374084080dng]

Seeinf the same thing.

[Monika Gause]

WHen you select the items that you don't see, what does show up in the Appearance panel? Maybe you have applied no fill/no stroke

[Hendy374084080dng]

[Monika Gause]

Can you selec one of those paths with the direct selection tool? So there is a fill and a stroke in the Appearance panel.

Here's how the Appearance panel works: https://youtu.be/zXvRbN03MzQ