# I have a problem, there may be a solution... (wrapping text around shapes and scroll) **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [September 13, 2004, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-a-problem-there-may-be-a-solution-wrapping-text-around-shapes-and-scroll/122378 "2004-09-13T09:07:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bento\_kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bento\_kid](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bento_kid)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2004, 9:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-have-a-problem-there-may-be-a-solution-wrapping-text-around-shapes-and-scroll/122378/1 "2004-09-13T09:07:44Z")
Hi people, first of all I ask you to look at **picture a.jpg.** As you can see I have a text wrapped around a picture of a car. The text follows the shape of the car. To do like that I had to work in fireworks reducing the font size and in some line I had to reduce space between letters (note, **one line = one text field** -\> crazy (-: ) to make it perfectly around the car. Customer wanted me to have non antialiased text, because this one it’s too smooth and hard to read, I must agree…:td: Look at **pic b.jpg** This is non antialiased text, still a png in fireworks, still a horrible solution. As you can see it also gives strange stretch artifacts…;( Now look at **pic c.jpg** It’s just a horrible PS simulation, don’t worry, about the graphics… this may be a good solution: -load the text from a text file or an XML ( **easy** ) -auto wrap the text around the car ( **impossible?** I can’t figure out how… Maybe recreating the shape with the brush in flash and using something similar to the hit test? I really don’t know…) -scroll the text between all those text line (**not very easy (for me 🙂 )** but can be done) Maybe it can be done with just one text field? Or one per side? If you can figure out a good solution please let me know… Thank you. 😛