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words carved in spiral format

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is there a tutorial that can help me ? or can someone teach me how to do word in a spiral image has many more word than I plan on using :)

thank for looking and any help :)
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1) Use the Spiral Gadget to create an Archimedes Spiral

2) Create your Text

3) Use the Text On Curve Tool, Text Position: On Curve, text Alignment: Align To Curve to wrap your text on the spiral vector
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Thank you Michael,


I will give that a shot :) after I get off work

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You're very welcome, Kent. Have fun!
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If you have an existing spiral you, of course, don't need the spiral gadget.
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You can also do both spiral AND tapered text mapped onto a 3d model, as I did on a YOYO I made for a friend's young daughter when she won a prize at the state fair in Florida.

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Hi Richard,

The Yo-Yo Tapered/Spiral Text looks great! Will you share your method of how you did that, please? (I’m guessing distort between two vectors, but perhaps you did something else?)
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Here is a .dxf vector file to look at Michael. I created the spirals with the array tool I think, then used Copperplate Gothic Bold font and distort tool to squeeze the text between the pairs of curves in the spiral. I look back on some of my early Aspire tinkerings and can't help but remember something a co-worker told me long long ago when something he did worked right the first time. "Sometimes I amaze even myself ..." :lol:

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