Moving Text Under The Lines

The LEADING on your text tool bar determines how high or low your text will be off the line. Choosing a leading of -900 will place the text about as shown below the line. Adjust this number to increase or decrease (negative number closer to zero) the spacing between the curve and the surface of the text closest to it. OK who has spotted something wrong? Good eye. If I take the Image where I "flipped" the circle and apply the -900 leading, the text will be outside the circle, as shown by the lower text. I can move the text around the circle until it gets to the top where it will be upside down. If I take the first circle I made and apply the -900 leading, I will get the top text as shown and moving it around the circle it will get to the bottom where it will be inside the circle but upside down.
The Solution Use two circles on different layers. Use one curve (circle in this case) with the path going one direction, on a transparent background, then use a duplicate layer (Layer>duplicate) and "flip" the new layer (Image>flip). Line up the circles and merge the layers after putting in a color background layer (if you wish)
Most will not want their curves to show... Or will want an image under the curve to show Or will want free standing text. Go to the layer pallette, click on the + sign beside the vector layer layer which holds the circle or other object you don't which to show. Click on the eye icon as shown by the black arrows and the circles will dissappear. Merge your layers or add anything else under or over the text and you are done.
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