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Stroke text?
I want to, sort of, stroke a textstring by using paths. I have not managed that. If thats not possible -> is there another way? some kind of filter?
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Once again I'm reminded of my poor english (am from Sweden). What I want to do is: Bend a textstring. For example: I want to write a textstring in the shape of a circle/triangle etc.
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What I ment about the stroking part was: You can stroke a path WITH the airbrus in the shape of an "S". What I want to to is to, somehow, "stroke" a path WITH a textstring = the text follws he path. If not possible with path -> any other idea? any filter?
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After placing your text onto your document load the selection of the text. (MenuBar:Select:Load Selection...) In the popup window you have a few options to choose from but everything should be greyed out except the New Selection button. Hit OK. This will outline your text (or any shape on your layer).
Next you have to increase the size of your selection. (MenuBar:Select:Modify:Exp
Now you need to make a new layer and position the layer underneath you text layer. Then just fill the shape w/ a different color than the text and it should appear as an outline. If you feel the size of the outline in too big or too small just delete the new layer, deselect everything and start over.
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