Putting Type on the Top and Bottom of a Circle - InDesign Tip of the Week

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[@matthewjohnmoriarty]

Im primarily asillustrator but I was asked to create a logo for someone. I havent used InDesign in years so this video really helped! Well explained and easy to follow! Thank you and well done!

[@markstradling1313]

Just wanted to say many thanks. Absolutely what I was looking for. I did not want the text top and bottom, just at top. Took a while to figure out the type at bottom for text at top, but got there in the end with alignment tools. Well done and thanks again.

[@PariahBurke]

I'm glad my video helped. Thank you for taking the time to say so.

[@johningram1646]

I feel a bit like Dr Watson must have after Sherlock Holmes explained a seemingly difficult deduction. Thank you, Mr. Burke, for the easy-to-understand explanation of a task that has perplexed me for a very long time. J

[@shirlicarswell416]

Thanks I have worked with Indesign for years and the 2nd method you presented here was great. Well presented with the pace! Great stuff.

[@MrThistleFlower]

Perfect. I didn't even know about that flip text option. Was always trying to do it with the selection tool - which can be done but is super tricky to execute.

[@cidinhamoss453]

Thank you, Pariah. You have saved me so many times.

[@laurenbarnes1929]

This tutorial was incredibly helpful. Loved the way its presented, the pace and clarity was great. Easy to follow-Success!

[@PariahBurke]

Thank you. You should check out my InDesign Pluralsight courses then. abbrv.it/PSPariahBurke

[@celinemorisset5533]

OH! this is very cool and easy. Thanks, did it and it works!

[@PariahBurke]

My pleasure!

[@LandofMath]

Very helpful! Easy to understand. Thanks!

[@scottmorris8953]

Thank you for doing this! Great reminder.....

[@renatagibson445]

thanks! that was really helpful!

[@holliehazzard]

So good! Thank you!

[@shayrazkhanattar5315]

Thank you Pariah!

[@lastwerd1]

Thank you for that Sir...very kind of you and much appreciated. I like your calm clear style Cheers.!

[@louisevan-pottelsberghe9222]

Thanks v much. Totally forgot how to flip the text!

[@valley-wideinspections8692]

How did you create the paragraph style for circle text?

[@Shelle1inTO]

Thanks! I like your style and appreciate your time : ) Saved me some!

[@mycountrysidelife3484]

Really helpful, thank you for making.

[@amybyres9344]

UGH thank you so much. I was trying to figure that out way too long.

[@sandipkumarsah2361]

Thank you for doing this

[@mchsy5554]

Thank you so much! This helped me with my resume:))

[@PariahBurke]

I'm so glad it helped! You're most welcome.

[@wkd.umayanga]

thank you

[@Scripture-Man]

Thanks for this - I'd forgotten where the "flip" option was! :) I don't think your second method here is really necessary at all… if the top and bottom don't line up then all you need to do is adjust the bassline shift (Shift+Alt+up/down).

[@cesarfinamori3835]

Thank you!

[@cristianoceretti]

Yeahhh. it's years I don't understand how i do it.. thanks!!

[@culturebonds]

Hello Pariah, what if you just want to type along the circle, but then get rid of the circle path? Will that circle show? I just want the text w/o the circle.

[@PariahBurke]

Set the circle to no stroke, no fill.

[@culturebonds]

@@PariahBurke Thank you that worked wonderfully!!:)

[@hagostewolden.]

Thank you so much!!! Great tutorial......

[@jmartno]

Does not work for me - when I click to centre align it stays on the bottom - can't get it to the top at all. More detail please.

[@daleplatino]

Thanks

[@hemalatathite8836]

I want to add lines in circle, trangle, rectangle shapes

[@giuseppededonno1774]

danke für die erklärung __grazie di aver spiegato thanks

[@Pineandfeather]

A bit tougher to do when it’s not a perfect circle. Try this on an oval to see what I mean.

[@airwavesintheair]

Did anyone else find that when they did the text flip that the text just moved up onto the top line but was still upside down?
I fixed that: by dragging one of the bars on the side of the text (they have a little square outline attached to them) 180 degrees around my shape.

[@PariahBurke]

Hi, Alexis. In the center of the text--halfway between the two bars--is a third bar (without a box), a center point. Drag that, and you'll be able to rotate without change the starting and ending indentation, which is the side bars.

[@daisybrown7644]

Perfect!

[@franktielemans6624]

Can't you use baseline shift to position the text?

[@PariahBurke]

You can, but it's quick and dirty, and it can create problems for you down the road or with some fonts.

[@nishc2001]

how did you add color to the circle?

[@basharmorad3290]

Hi! I only want the text without the circle-line, how do i remove the line without removing text, is that possible? Thank u

[@PariahBurke]

Watch the video.

[@alexandersideris]

sameeee??

[@abulkashem5170]

Just perfect

[@luqmanhadinorzafri1302]

Circle Text>???????? cant find

[@Renanatypesetting]

nice

[@LexxDesign3D]

why do Americans say 'wind up', instead of 'end up'? What are you winding? You start something and it 'ends' somewhere...

[@PariahBurke]

www.etymonline.com/word/wind-up#:~:text=wind%2Dup%20(n.),pitching%20sense%20attested%20from%201906.

[@adrianmesko]

So annoying they went and changed the whole Type On a Path too - why oh why do they do this after a tried and tested user frtiendly decades of experience I now have to dig in to find the way to do this - used to be so simple - this kind of thing will be the death of Adobe you mark my words! @adobe

[@Universal_Pig]

Thank you for this! So helpful

[@billshackford170]

Thank you!

[@happyrockcoffeeroastingco.6347]

THANK YOU!

[@PariahBurke]

You're welcome!