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QuarkXPress How-To: Make Text Jump Through Hoops

Actually, your text will be a hoop after you follow this step-by-step on placing text on a path in QuarkXPress. No need to open an illustration program.
Written by Erika Kendra on June 14, 2005
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Categories: Print, Print Design & Layout, How-Tos

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This tutorial is provided by Against the Clock.

We're used to seeing horizontal text. Even vertical text is pretty common. So when you want to make an impact, it might be time for text that curves, dips, and twirls. Used judiciously, text on a path can wake up a design.


You can create this image without ever leaving QuarkXPress.

This how-to walks you through orienting text on a path, aligning path baselines to a shape, and more.

We've posted this excerpt as a PDF file. Just click the link "Text on Path" to open the PDF file in your Web browser. You can also download the PDF to your machine for later viewing.

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