Outlines in Illustrator

[#1]

I am a yearbook advisor for a high school. We are working with some differe cover designs and need help on the one design. What we are trying to do is have 2021 and then have the names of the seniors as the outline. How do it set the outline as their names? 

[#2]

I am a yearbook advisor for a high school. We are working with some differe cover designs and need help on the one design. What we are trying to do is have 2021 and then have the names of the seniors as the outline. How do it set the outline as their names? 

[#3]

You mean like text on a path?

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/creating-type-path.html

[#4]

James,

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