Fit text to path

Tried to straighten it easily with a preset orientation using  Version 12. V12 does not produce the same result for the preset as the same preset in Version X4. (which I think is one of the solutions offered.)

X4 was easy that way with the preset but the character or word spacing would need some adjustment.
The vertical orientation to the path was perfect.
Just getting the text line the right length before fit to path to begin with would help in those versions like X4

But...

Unless there's a macro available for V12  I think you'd be stuck with breaking the text up in to 4 sections and fitting text to path
manually with tweaking to get it to look like you want. it to. The important thing would be to get the text length horizontally optimized
as to it's length along the curve when fit to path. Say if you needed a 3" quarter circle, well the straight line horizontal version of that same
would be more like 3.25 - 3.50 inches long in order to come out on the curve length path at 3"

At least this is what I've had to do in the past with Version 12 and earlier. I would calculate the approximate length needed and then
eyeball it from there... maybe using a few slanted guidelines to help.

  the 'dd'

sandy @ HayesvilleTShirts said:

This is what i am getting