This divides the object into a complex compound path. Click the Trim button in Property Bar (see below) to trim your text using the curve.

Select both the curve and the text using the Pick Tool. Step 3: Trim the Text and Apply a Custom Fountain Fill Choose the Pick Tool and resize it using the resizing handles if needed. Be sure the length of your curve extends beyond the first and last characters of your text object. With your curve created, center it roughly vertically with your text object near the lower portion of the character shapes. Try to keep the orientation of your curve roughly horizontal while curving the line downwards slightly near the center of the vertical strokes of each letter as IвЂ™ve done in the illustration below. Choose the Freehand Tool and draw a rough, slightly-curved line by click-dragging the cursor from left to right across your page. Once your text properties have been set, Copy (Ctrl+C) your text to the clipboard for a later step. Set your font size to roughly 150 points (see below). In my case IвЂ™ve chosen the font called Impact.

Apply a bold font style using Property Bar options. Fill your text with White and apply an outline color of Black. For my example, IвЂ™ve used the word вЂMETALвЂ™. But until then, use the Text Tool to enter a string of characters-ideally in all uppercase characters. As you follow along, you can imagine other object types to use. To make it interesting, IвЂ™ve chosen to use an Artistic Text object. You can make virtually any object appear as if it is made from metal using this technique. IвЂ™ve also specified colors using the CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) color model. Although IвЂ™ve chosen to use CorelDRAW X4 for this tutorial, the step sequence I describe can be used with virtually any version of CorelDRAW as far back as version 5. Following the steps in this exercise will demonstrate one of the quickest and simplest ways of producing striking-looking chrome lettering. Fortunately, CorelDRAW includes simple tools to emulate virtually any illustration effect.

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