Before You Proceed...

This tutorial is aimed at people who are new to vector graphics. To the right you see the FreeHand9 tool bar. The arrow tool is the 'Pointer Tool', the tool with 'A' is the 'Text Tool' and the ellipse you see just below the rectangle is the 'Ellipse Tool'. In this example we will be using only these tools.

The aim of this project is to create text which flows in a circle.

Step I

Select the Ellipse tool. With the Shift key pressed, draw a circle. When the shift key is pressed, the ellipse tool draws a perfect circle.

Step II

Now select the text tool. Type the text anywhere on the canvas. Select the pointer tool any click anywhere on the blank space of the canvas. This action removes the text edit mode.

Step III

Select the pointer tool. With the shift key pressed, click on the text and the circle.

Step IV

Once you have selected the text and the circle as shown in the above picture, you can finish off the job by selecting from the menu bar Text>Attach To Path.

Step V

The final result as I got it is displayed to the right. Hope you also got it!