Text wrapping

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Fireworks Zone

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23-09-2008

Description

Text wrapping around shapes through Attach in path feature.

Requirement

This tutorial was written for Fireworks CS4 and higher

Tutorial

1. To wrap a text around an object, you have first to create the shape for the text. In our example, we are wrapping text around a circle.
2. Draw a circle, 177x177 px in diameter and a rectangle 277x160 px which will be the container for the text. See Figure 1.



Figure 1: a circle and a rectangle

3. Make sure the circle is on top the rectangle. Select them both then go to Modify > Combine Paths > Punch and punch. See Figure 2.



Figure 2: Slideshow

4. Add some text. Select both the text and the shape and go to Text > Attach In Path. And your text is now in your shape. See Figure 3.



Figure 3: Slideshow



Figure 4: Slideshow

5. Other Shapes

Shapes you can use to contain text.



Figure 5: 4 Files and the pictures

6. Limitation(s)

The text must be contained in a closed shape and it does not work with Auto Shapes unless you ungroup them.