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  Curved Labels in Illustrator CS

  Posted by Russell Cory on September 15, 2006 at 4:12 pm

  Hello All, I have run into a problem at work and I hope that someone has a solution.
  I have to create a curved container label for a tapered container. The label die manufacturer has supplied me with a die line in .ai format for the containers. My task is to take the straight label designs and curve them to match the die line. I have used Effects like Arc and Arch to attempt this but the effects distort the artwork.

  The labels are for a food manufacturer so they contain nutritional information that would be extremely difficult to layout on a curved text path.

  Does anyone know of any plugins / extensions / 3rd party software that could help with this situation? Or is there a way to have the Arc / Arch Effects not distort the artwork so much?

  Any feedback or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

  Thanks in advance,

  Russ

  Russell Cory replied 19 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Mike Gondek

  September 18, 2006 at 7:14 pm

  Unfortunately the envelope distort will distort your artwork.

  Curved text paths is what I always use for packaging design nutrition facts/ingredients.

  Atleast machines are faster nowadays, I used to have to do this on a Mac IIci when that was the fastest machine, and for the entire Kraft salad dressing line. Atleast I got paid some OT.

  You can link text though so it will automatically reflow, Which is great as you can use that once created as a tempalte and just past over the text.
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  Russell Cory

  September 18, 2006 at 7:38 pm

  Thanks, I was hoping that it would not come to curved text paths since I don’t get OT and they expect me to have this done in 2 days.

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