Rotate/newly align/change direction of text WITHIN a form

[waterworks]

I can't figure this out. Please help, this should be super easy but I don't find a way.

Here's what I'm doing:

1. With the form tool (edit: shape tool), I make this form/path:

2. I turn it 90°, manually

 

Now, I want to fill this form with text, but from the top to the bottom.

What naturally happens ist this:

 

HOW can I rotate/newly align the text within its frame to read from top to bottom while perfectly filling it out?

I tried it in Designer, Publisher and searched for hours, is there really no way for this super simple task?

 

Thanks for reading! 

 

[David in Яuislip]

I did this in Publisher V1, hope it's useful

[MickRose]

Hi @waterworks  draw 2 overlapping circles of different diameters, then geometry subtract, convert to text frame. I don't know what the "form tool" is.

[waterworks]

@MickRose thanks, that's one idea, but a rather difficult one when the form tool lets me draw the exact form I need with one click (and a rotation). It also behaves differently when I would do it your way but I might just try

the form tool is the tool that lets you draw several pre-set forms, like, ellipse, circle etc. (Shape tool, sorry)

I use it in a different language, just thought it was obvious enough with the pictures and the info, my bad

[GarryP]

The Shape tools – Rectangle, Star, Crescent, etc. - always draw the shape oriented to the top of the page/document.

If you rotate the shape and then add text to it, that text will also be rotated.

If the text was always oriented to the top of the page/document then it would be difficult to add text which was oriented to the shape.

[Dan C]

Hi @waterworks,

Please see the below screen recording showing how to achieve this, by rotating the Nodes of the Quick Shape, rather than the Shape itself -

I hope this helps!

[waterworks]

@DanC This is AMAZING! Thank you so much! That's it! 🙌

 

@GarryP What's the point of your comment? I know this and this is why I asked for help changing the direction of the text after rotating the shape. But good for you, now you know it too

[GarryP]

I was attempting to explain things for anyone who is reading through the thread; it wasn’t specifically ‘aimed’ at people who already know that information.

[thomaso]

44 minutes ago, Dan C said:

rotating the Nodes of the Quick Shape, rather than the Shape itself

Does this make a difference for the resulting object? – To me the method mentioned by @David in Яuislip appears easier:

1. rotate,
2. press the "Add" button.

… compared to …

1. convert to curves,
2. switch to Node Tool,
3. select nodes,
4. press the "Transform Mode" button,
5. rotate.

Also, the first way via "Geometry" seems to be entirely possible with keyboard shortcuts. (… there is no menu entry for "Transform Mode", right?)

[Dan C]

6 minutes ago, thomaso said:

To me the method mentioned by @David in Яuislip appears easier:

1. rotate,
2. press the "Add" button.

Unfortunately this method no longer works in V2 - as 'Add' in V1 would reset the bounding box. In V2, the bounding box remains as 'rotated' following the 'Add' command.

This has been previously raised in the below thread and I believe our team are looking to add an option to permanently reset the bounding box (including any rotation) as a new dedicated command for a future update

 

[Old Bruce]

3 hours ago, waterworks said:

HOW can I rotate/newly align the text within its frame to read from top to bottom while perfectly filling it out?

1 hour ago, Dan C said:

Unfortunately this method no longer works in V2 - as 'Add' in V1 would reset the bounding box. In V2, the bounding box remains as 'rotated' following the 'Add' command.

1. Use the Shape tool to draw your Crescent.
2. Rotate it.
3. Group it (on its own).
4. Do a Boolean Add on the Group.