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September 1, 2011
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red plus sign - how to remove it?

  • September 1, 2011
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hi, i am learning illustrator CS2 (i know, it's ancient), and am having truble with fitting type to a path.  yesterday, it was working just fine, but today the path has a red plus sign that wn't let me enter text. 

i am trying to place the type on a circle.  i draw the circle, select it, and then switch to the type in a path tool.  i click the type tool in the selected circle, then set up the type on a path option.  then i try to type only a few letters, not nearly enough to surround the circle.  voila! nothing happens.

i even opened a new page and tried it there, but again, nothing happened. 

because this problem didn't happen yesterday, and my first attempt today was successful, i am totally perplexed. 

i've googled this problem, but couldn't succeed in finding the answer.  plese help!

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    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 1, 2011

    Either you text is just too long, the type is set up to be too big or you didn't set the brackets right

    see here: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/illustrator/cs/using/WS714a382cdf7d304e7e07d0100196cbc5f-63eca.html (Handling is the same in Version CS2)

    You can also move the left and right bracket, which is not mentioned on that page.

    _scott__
    _scott__
    Legend
    September 1, 2011

    In short... the red plus sign means there's more text there which is not visible. (overset text).

    Monika posted some helpful tips on how to alter the text or the path to get the additional text to show.

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      txdust80
      Participant
      August 10, 2018

      Thank you it was annoying me that the red + was on my image and had no idea how to get rid of it.  Glad it was an easy fix.  It has almost a decade since you answered this but I just wanted you to know that your answer is still helping people.

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