How to curve text in illustrator in 2023

There are a lot of cool designs you can create by simply learning How to curve text in illustrator. In this article we will show you step by step how to do exactly that. We will take 3 approaches to show how you can do it. At the end of this article i have explained how to curve text on Cricut if you prefer it instead.

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How to curve Text around a circle in illustrator

1. Go to File, then New and set artboard size to 1000 by 1000 pixels. Click the ellipse or circle tool. If you cannot see it, click and hold on the rectangle tool to bring up some options.
2. Once you select the ellipse tool, click and drag the while holding down shift, control and Alt keys so that it comes out proportionally.
3. Remove the fill so that you only have the outline.
4. Select the type tool and Type the text you want to curve around the circle. Set the font and then cut.
5. Select the circle then go to the type tool and choose the type on path tool. Click on the circle then Paste your text.
6. You can then adjust the text to the desired size. To have text on the upper and lower sides of the circle, select and copy the first curved text and press control F to paste it on top of the other one.
7. Rotate the second one to the bottom. Go to Type, Type on Path options to flip the text to the correct side.
8. Set the align path to descender.

How to curve Text on Curvy Line in illustrator

1. Go to pen and draw a curved line
2. Type your text and set font and size.
3. Cut the text
4. Go to type on path tool and paste on the line

How to Warp and Bulge text in illustrator

1. Type text and set font
2. Go to effect, warp and choose across the options.

Try out the different options for the bulge, Arch, and many more. Here are some examples

How to make shirts with Cricut

In this part of the article, I will show you an easy way how to make shirts with Cricut. For the best result we will need a few supplies. We want to create a design for a t shirt with the text smoothly curving across the chest. To do this we will need to know how to curve text on Cricut. If you do not know how to do it, don’t worry, i will show you.

How to curve text on Cricut

Open a blank page on Cricut design space. Select your type tool to create the text. After that select the text on the top bar click curve to curve the text. To curve it downwards, drag the slider to the right. To curve it up drag to the left.

Steps How to curve text on Cricut

1. Open a blank page on Cricut design space
2. Create the text using the type tool
3. With text selected  click on curve tool at the top

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