Quote Originally Posted by Acorn View Post
Iggy, I use a couple of standard Xara tricks:
  1. Slice Shapes
  2. Repel Text Under
  3. Text Area with centred Text


Create a Rectangle.
Draw your curve across it.
Slice Shapes
Separate the box pieces just over the width of a character.
Soft-group.
Repel Text Under.
Place over the Text Area. Note, all the characters need to have a return between them.
Adjust to fit.

If I want to change the curve, select the split box and use the Shape Tool to pick horizontal pairs of control points and move these to the new curve.

H-aligned Text on a Curve.xar

Acorn
BRILLIANT ... JUST BRILLIANT, what a great idea. Wouldn't have thought of it in a million years.