: Make top of type sit on path - illustrator Im trying to get type to sit on a path, so far ive been able to get it to work but when i try and get the type to sit the right way round

@Nimeshi706

Select the Path with the type on it.
Choose Type > Type on a Path > Type on a Path Options
Check the Flip box
Set the drop down for Align to Path to Ascender




Personally, if creating the circular badge style with type arching over the top and bottom, I prefer to set both type blocks to align to Center in the Type On a Path options. In this case, the only difference between the two type paths is checking the Flip box. It does create the need to possibly adjust the type paths to be a bit larger.

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@Merenda852

At least as long as all your characters are roughly the same height, you can reduce their baseline with the advanced options of the character panel:



This way, the characters will sink below the path you specified. It won't align the tops of lowercase and uppercase, though -- you'll have to set the baseline shift of those characters by hand one by one to achieve the same effect.

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