Resetting type shape on a path after being skewed from transforming the path its on

[kohesion]

When I adjust the path that the type is sitting on, the type becomes skewed. Is this a setting? I cannot find a way to reset the type to it's proper height and width.

[Monika Gause]

Check Type > Path text > Options. There are settings. Anything but Rainbow might come out distorted.

[kohesion]

Thanks but I tried that - it was using rainbow.

[Monika Gause]

Can you show before and after? I don't know how the typeface is supposed to look.

Also: when you select the text, what does the character panel show?

[kohesion]

the top type is how the words should look - the bottom one I have altered the shape of the path it is on and the letters become skewed. Hope that helps.

[kohesion · Accepted solution]

I worked it out! It was the horizontal scale settings in the character panel....

[Anubhav M]

Hello @kohesion,

Thanks for reaching out. Would you mind trying the suggestions shared in this help article (https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/creating-type-path.html) and checking if it helps?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks,

Anubhav