I want to make a toy box with some inlay in the top. I want to put "Ethan's" on the top of an ellipse and "Toys" on the bottom of the ellipse. The "toys" on the bottom could line up inside or outside the ellipse as long as the curve is correct. After I get the first word lined up I can not figure out how to do the second word. I can get it in the right place but it is inverted. I have tried with the ellipse being one object or 2 half ellipses as it is now.
I think I need a little more step by step. I got the below file, which is fine for me to use but I don't know how to use "Vertical Kerning" to get to what you have.
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I want to make a toy box with some inlay in the top. I want to put "Ethan's" on the top of an ellipse and "Toys" on the bottom of the ellipse. The "toys" on the bottom could line up inside or outside the ellipse as long as the curve is correct. After I get the first word lined up I can not figure out how to do the second word. I can get it in the right place but it is inverted. I have tried with the ellipse being one object or 2 half ellipses as it is now.
I mirrored the bottom arc (press "H") and used "Vertical Kerning" to align the top of the text to the arc:
I think I need a little more step by step. I got the below file, which is fine for me to use but I don't know how to use "Vertical Kerning" to get to what you have.
It‘s in the file: open the „Kerning“ tab when text is selected with Text tool.