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Anonymous
September 19, 2012
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my text won't show along a path I created

  • September 19, 2012
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I have created a path and typed text into it. Along the path is a little circle with an x in it. This little x appears to be hiding my text and i can not move it. How do I get my text to show up???

Correct answer domaji

Just had this problem myself!

Try changing your paragraph alignment.

It’s easy to forget the alignment you selected last time you used the text tool, and instinctively click at the beginning of the path expecting your text to type from that point forward, but that requires left-alignment.

I now know to remember to check paragraph alignment before adding text to a path!

If you *want* to centre text on a path, make sure you click on the path where you want the midpoint of your text to be. If using right-alignment, click to the right of the path. Etc etc.

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domaji
domajiCorrect answer
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December 12, 2018

Just had this problem myself!

Try changing your paragraph alignment.

It’s easy to forget the alignment you selected last time you used the text tool, and instinctively click at the beginning of the path expecting your text to type from that point forward, but that requires left-alignment.

I now know to remember to check paragraph alignment before adding text to a path!

If you *want* to centre text on a path, make sure you click on the path where you want the midpoint of your text to be. If using right-alignment, click to the right of the path. Etc etc.

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    Anonymous
    September 20, 2019
    This worked for me!
    rodger c.p5205067
    rodger c.p5205067
    Inspiring
    December 7, 2016

    I have zero luck geting any text to show.

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    peterw26037916
    Participant
    December 28, 2016

    I had the same thing. Reset all your tools to default from the drop-down box to the far right of the tool options box.

    sudarshan.t
    sudarshan.t
    Inspiring
    September 19, 2012

    Can you post a screenshot?

    Generally, if your path is open, you will have trouble with type on path tool due to the contour of the shape itself.

    Try having a closed path - such as ellipse. Try the type on path here and see if that works.

    For open paths, with your text layer selected and active, click on 'Path selection Tool' from tools panel. This is clubbed with 'Direct selection tool' option.

    Hover and click on your text layer. You will have 3 markers appear. The left most marker is the start of your type path. Right most is the end of your type path. Middle is the positioning/ centering of your text path. You can adjust these with 'Path selection tool'.

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    Anonymous
    September 19, 2012

    I tried moving the points around and some of the letters show after doing that but still not the shape i want to hold the text on.

      sudarshan.t
      sudarshan.t
      Inspiring
      September 19, 2012

      How have you drawn your shape? Pen tool? Because I dont see a 'shape' layer in your layers panel.

      I recreated the same thing on my system. Here's how it looks like.

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