How to Curve Text in Adobe Illustrator

Are you bored with the straight text used in your designs again and again, and probably looking for some change in your posters, banners, or logos? You may have seen the curved text many times. They are used primarily on logos to make them attractive. Curve Text looks amazing as it makes bars or brand logos and banners look more attractive to the viewer. Many designers want to learn this technique of curved text using Adobe Illustrator.

If you want to make your design more attractive and neatly designed with professional skills, curve some text to give your design a warm look.

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Don’t worry about it now because we are going to tell you the easiest way to curve text in Adobe Illustrator. You will be able to curve text at any time for your designs after learning from our tutorial.

So let’s start.

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Create Document in Adobe Illustrator

We will start by creating our new Document in Adobe Illustrator.

Step 1: Go to the File menu, located in the upper left corner of Adobe Illustrator.

Step 2: From the drop-down list of options select New, or you can also press Ctrl + N from the keyboard to create a new document.

Step 3: Select your desired Preset Details for the document from the New Document window.

Step 4: Click Create button in the right bottom corner.

Step 5: A new document will be created.

How to Curve Text in Illustrator

Select the text that you want to curve without any distortion, go to Object > Envelope Distort > Make with Warp > Select the Arc style and click OK.

The text will be curved without any distortion and easily. This is the quickest way to curve text in Adobe Illustrator.

There are different ways to Curve text in Adobe Illustrator. We will discuss all the methods step-by-step.

Type on a Path
Make with Warp
Make with Mesh

1^st Method: Type on a Path

First of all, we will discuss how to Curve text by Typing on a Path in Adobe Illustrator.

By Ellipse

Step 1: Start by creating an Ellipse or Circle on the artboard. To select Ellipse Tool, long-press on the Rectangle Tool in the left toolbar.

Step 2: Different shapes will appear.

Step 3: From the shapes, select Ellipse Tool(L).

Illustrator Curve Text Around Circle

Step 4: Draw an Ellipse on the artboard. (We can draw an Ellipse of any size depending on the text that is to be curved.)

Step 5: Now, long press on the Type Tool from the left toolbar.

Type on a Path Tool option in Adobe Illustrator

Step 6: Different tools will appear.

Step 7: Select Type on a Path Tool.

Step 8: Place your cursor on the path of the Ellipse.

Step 9: Click on the Path. (Some text will appear around the Ellipse that is by default.)

Step 10: Type the desired text that you want to Curve. (Resize the text for better results.)

Step 11: You will see the text is Curved in the shape of an Ellipse.

By Pen Tool

Step 1: Select Pen Tool from the left toolbar.

Step 2: Draw a curved line by clicking on a point and then one second, don’t leave the second point just drag it to make it curve.

How to Draw a Curved Line in Illustrator

How to Make a Wavy Line in Illustrator

Step 3: Press Esc when you have made a curved line.

Step 4: Select Type on a Path Tool.

Step 5: Click on Path to start typing on it. (Some text will appear on the line that is by default.)

Step 6: Type your desired text on the line that you want to Curve.

Step 7: The text is Curved in the shape of a Path that is made by the line.

2^nd Method: Make with Warp

The easiest way to curve text is by using Make with Warp. As this tool does not need any time to convert text to warp. Just select the text and warp it with pre-made designs. Let’s see how we can do it.

Step 1: Select the Type Tool from the left toolbar.

Step 2: Type any text that you want to Curve on the artboard.

Step 3: Select the text by using Selection Tool from the left toolbar.

Selection Tool

(If you don’t select the text using the Selection Tool, the Warp tool will not work.)

Step 4: Go to the Object menu that is located at the top menu bar.

Step 5: From the list of different tools available in the Object menu, select Envelop Distort > Make with Warp.

(You can also press Alt+Shift+Ctrl+W from the keyboard to open Warp Options.)

Step 6: Warp Options will appear.

Step 7: By default, Arc style applies to the text. You can change the Style if you want.

Step 8: Here, different styles of warp text are given that can be applied to any text. As we want to curve text, we will use Arc or Arch styles.

Step 9: Apply your desired settings to the Text.

Step 10: Click OK to save changes.

Step 11: Our text will be Curved in this style.

3^rd Method: Make with Mesh

Another method to Curve text in Adobe Illustrator is by using Make with Mesh. It’s fun to use Mesh to Curve the text. Let’s Mesh the text.

Step 1: Type the text on the artboard using the Type Tool from the left toolbar.

Step 2: Select the text using Selection Tool from the left toolbar.

(If you don’t select the text using Selection Tool the Mesh tool will not work.)

Step 3: Go to the Object menu that is located at the top menu bar.

Step 4: From the list of different tools available in the Object menu, select Envelop Distort > Make with Mesh.

(You can also press Alt+Ctrl+M from the keyboard to open Envelop Mesh.)

Step 5: Envelop Mesh will appear.

Step 6: Add Rows and Columns to make a mesh that has rows and columns on the text to help you curve.

Step 7: Here you can add 4 rows and 4 columns.

Step 8: Multiple Anchor points will appear on the text.

Step 9: Now select the Direct Selection Tool (A) from the toolbar.

Step 10: Select any part of the text using the Direct Selection Tool. It will highlight the Anchors in the selected area.

Step 11: Click on any Anchor point to select it.

Step 12: Drag it upwards or downwards to Curve it.

Step 13: Repeat this for any Anchor points and Curve the text.

Curved text can take your designs to another level. The most demanding and best piece of work can be made by using curved text in any of your projects. Keep learning to achieve perfection.

You have learned to curve text in Illustrator.

In this tutorial, you have learned to curve text in Adobe Illustrator using three different methods. You can choose any method that you like most according to your choice and ease.

You can also watch the detailed video tutorial to learn How to Curve Text in Illustrator that is given at the start.

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All done! Enjoy.

How to Curve Text in Adobe Illustrator

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