Curved text without Warp?

I am using Photoshop 7 and need to place text on a curved path. Using the Warp Text tool introduces unacceptable distortions of the typeface (and the spacing seems poor). Is there a way in Photoshop to arrange text in an arc and manually letterspace to avoid kerning difficulties? I have a feeling that this is something that's probably more an Illustrator process, unfortunately. I'd appreciate cc to my e-mail, please. Many thanks.

Ted.

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Ripley-Duggan at wrote on 2/4/04 11:13 AM:

I am using Photoshop 7 and need to place text on a curved path. Using the Warp Text tool introduces unacceptable distortions of the typeface (and the spacing seems poor). Is there a way in Photoshop to arrange text in an arc and manually letterspace to avoid kerning difficulties? I have a feeling that this is something that's probably more an Illustrator process, unfortunately. I'd appreciate cc to my e-mail, please. Many thanks.

Ted.

Pay an artist to do it for you.

You can put the text tool cursor between the letters then press the alt,shift, or ctrl key plus arrow. Sorry having a brain blip atm and doing a backup so can't open Photoshop atm to double check, try one of those anyway, can't hurt...anybody? (besides mike)
"Edward Ripley-Duggan" wrote in message

I am using Photoshop 7 and need to place text on a curved path. Using the Warp Text tool introduces unacceptable distortions of the typeface (and the spacing seems poor). Is there a way in Photoshop to arrange text in an arc and manually letterspace to avoid kerning difficulties? I have a feeling that this is something that's probably more an Illustrator process, unfortunately. I'd appreciate cc to my e-mail, please. Many thanks.

Ted.

definitely use either illustrator or corelDraw. Very very easily done...and if you are using illustrator you can copy and paste and still have editible paths for your text. Im sure tho if you pulled your hair for a few hours you could find some sorta-work-arounds in ps7....but you dont have the luxury of fitting your text on a true path.

"Digital Art Resources" wrote in message

You can put the text tool cursor between the letters then press the alt,shift, or ctrl key plus arrow. Sorry having a brain blip atm and

doing

a backup so can't open Photoshop atm to double check, try one of those anyway, can't hurt...anybody? (besides mike)
"Edward Ripley-Duggan" wrote in message

I am using Photoshop 7 and need to place text on a curved path. Using the Warp Text tool introduces unacceptable distortions of the typeface (and the spacing seems poor). Is there a way in Photoshop to arrange text in an arc and manually letterspace to avoid kerning difficulties? I have a feeling that this is something that's probably more an Illustrator process, unfortunately. I'd appreciate cc to my e-mail, please. Many thanks.

Ted.

I think you can try when in text mode the "warp command" and control the bending style as you like, inside the command limits, of course. I hope this is enough.

ued

"Edward Ripley-Duggan" wrote in message

I am using Photoshop 7 and need to place text on a curved path. Using the Warp Text tool introduces unacceptable distortions of the typeface (and the spacing seems poor). Is there a way in Photoshop to arrange text in an arc and manually letterspace to avoid kerning difficulties? I have a feeling that this is something that's probably more an Illustrator process, unfortunately. I'd appreciate cc to my e-mail, please. Many thanks.

Ted.

That reature is no available in CS, but for older version of Photoshop try this trick to get the affect your looking for
http://www.heathrowe.com/tuts/circulartextsimplified.asp

hope that helps
heathrowe
"Edward Ripley-Duggan" wrote in message

I am using Photoshop 7 and need to place text on a curved path. Using the Warp Text tool introduces unacceptable distortions of the typeface (and the spacing seems poor). Is there a way in Photoshop to arrange text in an arc and manually letterspace to avoid kerning difficulties? I have a feeling that this is something that's probably more an Illustrator process, unfortunately. I'd appreciate cc to my e-mail, please. Many thanks.

Ted.