It will produce the same turning effect (no scaling/deformation, though) and keep your text editable. to illustrate a cartoon), you may want to use 'Put on Path' (from the 'Text' menu) instead of 'Envelope Deformation'. If youve already used Illustrator or Inkscape, these apps work in a similar manner. (Optional) Add the comic shadow effect from the original.Ī final suggestion: If you want to produce a lot of text objects with this effect (e.g. Text files (XML) correctly define SVG files. Rotate your object counter-clockwise by 15°. Sometimes, the outline of the deformed object may react in 'funky ways' (like you mentioned), however, with a bit of node tweaking and moving you should be able to find a constellation in which everything looks proper. Note: You can play with the spline nodes in each path to increase the 'turning effect' of the letters.

At this point you have to convert the text to a path, which is a bit of a pity, as you lose editability. Style the text (black 5px stroke, vertical three-point gradient spanning the entire line height).ĭo the envelope deformation. I think for the final look this is more important than anything else. If you rotate the original by roughly 15° (clockwise), then model your envelope and finally rotate your object back, you should be fine. I think you were almost there, but ignored a slight rotation in the original. You can definitely achieve this with 'Envelope Deformation'.

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