
Once you have finished typing your text, you can begin editing it and styling it to fit your preferences. You will notice that the cursor’s icon changes to a letter T inside of a polygon:Īll you have to do now is simply click on the shape, then you will be prompted with a blinking cursor, indicating that you can begin typing.Īs you type, the text you generate will be confined to the boundaries of the shape:Ĭlicking the little red eye icon in the bottom-right of the bounding box will toggle the visibility of any overflowing text off and on: Click to enlarge. With the Frame Text Tool selected, hover your cursor over your shape. Step 3: Fit Your Text To The Shape with The Frame Text Tool

The Artistic Text Tool is great for placing text on paths, but for the text wrapping we’ll be doing in this tutorial, we will be using the Frame Text Tool so go ahead and select it. With your object selected, click and hold on the Artistic Text Tool in the tools menu until a little fly out menu appears: The Frame Text Tool is the tool positioned at the bottom of the list. The following video tutorial will walk you through the process of using the Frame Text Tool to wrap your text and flow it into whatever shapes you’d like: The text you type will be confined to the boundaries of the shape. A blinking cursor will appear within the shape, indicating that you can begin typing. Then, grab the Frame Text Tool and click on the shape.


