Variations of Text in a Circle

Ó kimlizzy 2006

You are not limited to a single line of text in a circle. By using the "justify" selection you can add multiple lines of text. Some fonts will work better than others. A little experimentation will be needed.

Open a new canvas.

Go to Text/Insert shaped text and select the circle.

Type your text. **Note that you will need to add a space at the end of each line.**

Click on the Alignment button on the toolbar and select "Justify"

To change the placement of the text in the centre circle change the order of the words:

The more text you have per line, the smaller the text will be:

 

Add a single asterisk (*) to the third line – no space after the asterisk

Experiment with different fonts and replace the * with %, @, & or # to see how they look.

Here are some examples:

Using a single letter/number can produce some accents that could be used for backgrounds: