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I do logos and various jobs that require text within a circle on a path, and have yet to discover how to make sure text is precisely centered when dragging it around the path and into position without using guides and eyeballing it. Is there a function I'm missing where I can just tell it to center on path?

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9 minutes ago, reglico said:

slight offset

And for standard Frame Text this offset is not?

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Hello Pšenda,

The offset also exists as you suggest. When the text is selected, the "blue box" shows a difference in thickness: the right part is thinner than the left, which must explain the offset. 

Texte centré.png

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37 minutes ago, reglico said:

Hello, Toltec,

There is always a slight offset (even if the text is centered) as said @Ballyshannon.

Décalage texte cercle.png

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4 minutes ago, reglico said:

Hello firstdefence,

I didn't forget it, I didn't know that expression that doesn't exist here!:D

Ecky-Thump is a Lancashire Martial Art. lol!

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6 hours ago, firstdefence said:

Ecky-Thump is a Lancashire Martial Art. lol!

This attribution is a recent invention by the Goodies. As a native-born Lancastrian*, I can confirm that Ecky-Thump,  like By Gum, it is an expression of surprise.

*In the famous seaside village of Blackpool, that's noted for fresh air and fun.

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11 hours ago, toltec said:

Did anyone mention Black Pudding? Not only a fine northern delicacy but a lethal weapon in the wrong hands

My late paternal Grandmothers's sprouts were lethal in anyone's hands.

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