Need help making circles follow a shape

**Alpha3NH** · 16 January 2010, 02:03 AM

I basically want to make a diamond shape and have many small circles border it like lights. Like the Welcome to Los Vegas signs. How can I make the circles follow the outline of the diamond? Text can flow to a curve - can shapes?

**steve.ledger** · 16 January 2010, 02:22 AM

Welcome to TG,

Here's one way which uses an Alt character (alt+7) for the shape and thus enables fit text to curve (or shape)

See attached.

**angelize** · 16 January 2010, 07:37 AM

Another way would be to create a brush. You can edit the brush and have the circles on the line, to the left, to the right or alternating and that's just for starters.

**handrawn** · 16 January 2010, 08:46 AM

if you make a blend of two circles you can fit that blend to a curve [line or shape outline]

in the second two examples the blend is fitted to a clone shape of the diamond that has been made larger and then 100% transparent, so you do not see it

the blended circles are identical here - but they don't have to be of course...