How to Type on Bottom of Circle in Illustrator

After reading this article, you will be able to type on bottom of a circle in Adobe Illustrator. In Illustrator, typing the text on circle is easy. But if you want to type on bottom. Then, you may face difficulties. Below is the complete tutorial.

Open the Adobe Illustrator Software and Click “Create New”.

You can choose your desired size.

Now, focus on the left side vertical toolbar.

Right click the “Rectangle Tool” and Choose “Ellipse Tool”.

Now, on the artboard, hold left click and drag the cursor on artboard.

Press Shift to create a perfect circle.

Now again, go to the left side toolbar.

Right click the “Type Tool” and Choose “Text on a Path Tool”.

When you will hover the curser over the stroke of circle the shape. A red color text “Path” will be shown. Click on the stroke when “Path” text will be visible.

If you are using the latest version of Adobe Illustrator. Some dummy text will be shown.

Otherwise, you can type your desired text.

If you are facing difficulties to read the text or you want to change the text size.

Go to the “Properties” panel >> “Character” section >> Text Size. By default font size is 12 pt.

Choose the “Direct Selection Tool”.

You will notice two small squares with lines on it. One is the starting point of your text and other one is the end point of text.

Hover the cursor on the square lines. your cursor will be changed with an extra arrow.

Now drag the both lines to adjust the text.

You will notice an extra line in the center of text.

Click with “Direct Selection Tool” and drag it to the inside of circle.

To make it more professional, “Center” align the text.

Go to “Properties” panel >> “Paragraph” section >> Choose “Center”.

You can choose this style for making a vintage logo or any circle logos.

You can also download the file used in this tutorial here.

You have learned how to type on the bottom of the circle in Adobe Illustrator.

In this tutorial, you have learned the easiest and quick way to type on the Bottom of the Circle in Adobe Illustrator. You can create different logos of brands and badges using this method.

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