AD - Text on path is backwards

[scottfwalter]

I have a path which I imported from a SVG file.   When I use the artistic text tool the text and the individual letters are backwards.  Is there a way to change the direction the the text is typed on the path?

 

 

[walt.farrell]

I think that means the object has been flipped.

You could flip the object to fix it:, I think: With the Move Tool and the object selected,, Layer > Transform > Flip Horizontal from the menu, or the icon on the Toolbar.

 

[scottfwalter]

3 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

I think that means the object has been flipped.

You could flip the object to fix it:, I think: With the Move Tool and the object selected,, Layer > Transform > Flip Horizontal from the menu, or the icon on the Toolbar.

 

Ahh yes that worked!   I guess there must be something in the svg path definition which defined the direction.

[Alfred]

‘Flip Horizontal’ will only work satisfactorily if, as in this case, the path is symmetrical about the y axis. An alternative which should work in all cases is to switch to the Node Tool and press the ‘Reverse Curve’ button on the Context toolbar.

[scottfwalter]

5 minutes ago, Alfred said:

‘Flip Horizontal’ will only work satisfactorily if, as in this case, the path is symmetrical about the y axis. An alternative which should work in all cases is to switch to the Node Tool and press the ‘Reverse Curve’ button on the Context toolbar.

Once I had the backwards text on the path I selected the node tool.  The reverse curve button only seems to move the text from the top of the path to the bottom.  The text is still backwards.

[Alfred]

7 minutes ago, scottfwalter said:

Once I had the backwards text on the path I selected the node tool.  The reverse curve button only seems to move the text from the top of the path to the bottom.  The text is still backwards.

My bad. I don’t know what I was thinking!

[walt.farrell]

29 minutes ago, Alfred said:

switch to the Node Tool and press the ‘Reverse Curve’ button on the Context toolbar.

Thanks. That was another possible suggestion, but I couldn't remember where to find Reverse Curve.

[Alfred]

43 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Thanks. That was another possible suggestion, but I couldn't remember where to find Reverse Curve.

It doesn’t seem to work as we might expect.

1 hour ago, scottfwalter said:

Once I had the backwards text on the path I selected the node tool.  The reverse curve button only seems to move the text from the top of the path to the bottom.  The text is still backwards.