Hi, wonder if anyone can help...
I've managed to fit all this text nicely inside the figure of 8.
When I 'convert to curves', all the text jumps outside of the 8.
Whatever I do, I can't get the text to stay in the 8! I need to resize the 8, but the text moves around and shrinks if I do so without converting to curves.
How can I keep at the text fixed inside that 8 so I can resize it?!
you'll have to use the inside border and create another inside contour, break those apart, now use the innermost to trim the converted text
I've colour coded the lines to make it easier. So I've created an inside contour (GREEN) to the RED line. I've then broken those apart. I'm a bit stuck now...what do I do with the green one and text?
I did this last year on a number 7 and never had these problems, normally just convert to curves and it's ready to resize etc. I feel like it's something to do with the text being justified. As soon as I convert to curves, it turned the text box into a rectangle and justifies within that box, instead of the figure 8!
Thanks for your help!
I have seen problems where converting text to curves works OK when the frame has a simple boundary (such as a "7"), but does not work when the text frame is a curve that has a "hole" in it (such as an "8").
As a workaround, you might use some sort of export/import workflow, e.g., publish to PDF, then import the PDF content to get something that can be scaled the way you wish.
Try this way. Don't convert to curves. Select both the inner most outline that you had created as above AND the text then hit "intersect" on the toolbar above. That should give you a "clipout" of the text. Then go back and delete the paragraph text
Thanks for your help guys. Exporting it as a PDF then importing it back in worked a treat.