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Beginners' Questions Putting text in a spiral shape
  1. #1
    sprout73 sprout73 @sprout73

    Hello,

    I am trying to put song lyrics in a spiral shape.  Here are the steps I have followed:

    - create spiral

    - create text box and paste lyrics into it

    - select spiral and text box then text -> put on path

    This gets the lyrics on the spiral, but I want the lyrics to start at the outer ring of the spiral and go towards the center.  I have tried path -> reverse and gotten no response.

     

     

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  2. #2
    Tyler Durden Tyler Durden @TylerDurden

    Before putting the text on the path, I'd try converting the spiral to path (Path>Object to path), then reverse the path and put the text on the path.

  3. #3
    sprout73 sprout73 @sprout73

    You are an angel!!  Thank you so much. I made these before several times after just mucking about a bit. I came back to do another one a few months later and have been trying for 2 weeks to remember how I did it 😂