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Text does not have to run in a straight line. Transformation bends a text layer into a shape, which is how you get a name curved around a plate, a slogan arcing over a chest print, or a date wrapped into a ring.
The Transformation section highlighted, showing six tiles each previewing the letters ABC: Custom, Distort, Arc, Wave, Circle and Angle, with Custom selected.

The Transformation section, with the six shapes a text layer can take.

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The six shapes

Click a shape to apply it. Handles appear on the canvas so you can drag the curve into place, and the controls under the tiles let you set the amount precisely.
Start with a moderate amount and increase it. It is much easier to judge when a curve is nearly right than to unpick one that is bent too far.

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Choosing the right one

  • Arc is the everyday choice. Names over a photo, slogans on a chest print, text following the top of a badge.
  • Circle suits anything genuinely round: a plate rim, a coaster, a stamp-style crest. It works best with short text and generous letter spacing.
  • Angle is for perspective. If your mockup shows a product photographed at a tilt, a skewed layer sits on it far more convincingly than a straight one.
  • Wave is decorative. It is striking on one short line and quickly becomes hard to read on more.
  • Distort is a display effect, useful when you want the text to taper into a shape.

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Things worth knowing

Curved and warped text does not wrap onto a second line. The Automatic Multiline setting is hidden on these layers, because the text follows its shape instead. Keep bent text to a single line and size it with the range in Text Style.
A long name behaves very differently once it is bent. On a Circle it can meet itself and overlap; on an Arc it flattens out as it grows. Type your longest realistic name into Content and check the shape still holds before you publish.
Curving is a property of the layer, so a customer typing their own name gets the same curve automatically. You set the shape once, and every order follows it.

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Where to next

Text content and style

Size ranges, spacing, and alignment.

Text shadow

Drop, line, block, and 3D shadows.

What customers can change

Decide which layers a shopper can edit.

Preview settings

Blend and warp the design onto the product.