Wrapping text around objects


    You can wrap text around any object, including type objects, imported images, and objects you draw in Illustrator. If the wrap object is a bitmap image, Illustrator wraps the text around opaque or partially opaque pixels and ignores fully transparent pixels.

    Wrapping is determined by the stacking order of objects, which you can view in the Layers palette. In order for Illustrator to wrap text around an object, the wrap object must be directly above it. Illustrator will not wrap text that is above the wrap object in the stacking order or in a separate sublayer or group from the wrap object.

    Wrap objects (A) and wrapped text (B)
    Wrap objects (A) and wrapped text (B)

To wrap text around an object:

  1. Select the object or objects around which you want the text to wrap. This is called the wrap object. (See Selecting objects.)
  2. In the Layers palette, make sure that the wrap object is above the text you want to wrap around it. (See Organizing objects using layers.)
  3. Important: If the layer contains multiple type objects, move any that you don't want to wrap around the wrap object either into another layer or above the wrap object.

  4. Choose Object > Text Wrap > Make Text Wrap.
  5. The Text Wrap Options dialog box appears. If desired, set the following options. Then click OK.
    • Offset to specify the amount of space between the text and the wrap object. You can enter a positive or negative value.
    • Invert Wrap to reverse the side of the object that the text wraps around.
    Wrapped text with Invert Wrap deselected (left) compared to wrapped text with Invert Wrap selected (right)
    Wrapped text with Invert Wrap deselected (left) compared to wrapped text with Invert Wrap selected (right)

To reset wrap options for an existing wrap object:

  1. Select the wrap object.
  2. Choose Object > Text Wrap > Text Wrap Options.

To unwrap text from an object:

  1. Select the wrap object.
  2. Choose Object > Text Wrap > Release Text Wrap.