Ctrl and the mouse button (Mac), or press the right mouse button
(Windows).
Bound text commands
The following commands appear in the context menu:
Show Path / Hide Path Choose Show Path to make the path visi-
ble. Choose Hide Path to make the path not visible.
Vertical Text Choose Vertical Text to keep the baseline of the text
characters horizontal, rather than perpendicular to the path. This also
keeps the vertical axis of each character vertical, rather than angled to
follow a curved path. The Vertical Text command is available when
the text is bound with the Tangent Text option.
Tangent Text Choose Tangent Text to keep the baseline of the text
characters tangent to the path, rather than horizontal. This angles the
vertical axis of each character away from vertical as needed to follow
the path. By default, Canvas uses the Tangent Text option when it
first binds text to a path. The Tangent Text command is available in
the context menu when the text is bound with the Vertical Text
option.
Removing a text bind
You can remove a bind effect by selecting a bound text object and
choosing Remove Effects in the Effects menu. Canvas straightens the
text baseline and separates it from the vector object.
Binding text to a circle
You can create circular logos with text on top flowing clockwise and
text on the bottom flowing counterclockwise. You can create this
effect by binding two text objects to a circle and using the Bind Posi-
tion handles to arrange the text.
To create a circular logo
1
Create a circular object using the Oval tool in the toolbox.
2
Create two text objects and bind them to the circle. You can
use the Path Text tool to create and bind the first text object, but
you must then bind the second text object using the Bind Text com-
mand.