InDesign How-To: Center Type on a Curve (Video Tutorial)

In this video, Mike Rankin demos how easy it is to center type on a curve in InDesign. He even shows off a couple of tricks for getting type above and below a circle with perfect spacing.
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[@HarryThomas_HMT3design]

Just tried it in Illustrator and it works there as well. Excellent tip!

[@artmeetsearth630]

This is awesome. Curious though about text that takes up more than half the path-for example, starts at 8 o' clock and ends at 4 o' clock-any workarounds for that?

[@jmv68]

Sure! Select the circle and run the Add Points script that comes with InDesign. It's in the Scripts panel > Application > Samples > Javascript. Depending on how much of a curve you need, you might have to run it twice. Then do the same as shown in the video, delete the one point opposite where you want the type centered. With the extra points added by the script, more of the curve will be left in place to accommodate the text.

[@Rajsinghvlog77]

this is great tip, thanks a lot

[@joral5063]

Hi Mike Could you please include subtitles in the videos you share? The transcripts are very useful to understand the videos integrally for all people who do not have English as their main language. Thank you very much.

[@georgiafotieo7456]

Awesome trick with deleting the anchor point. Works in Photoshop also when creating text on a path.

[@lfcorullon]

I love InDesign Secrets super simple solutions!

[@HorrorbleGamer]

Very useful for my current project, thanks Mike.

[@CreativePro]

You’re welcome!

[@racingheartentertainment1835]

Good info here!