Is this curved text blend possible in Illustrator? E
I've started playing around in illustrator and came to a full stop when I tried to find a way to create a side curve to a text blend (cause I don't know the limitations of the blend tool)
Here's what I'm trying to create (these are a billion layers individually colored (poorly) and resized and frankly just nuts AND makes illustrator crash.

And this is just simple text blend

Can I ask, what is this text effect even called? Seen it on 70's and 80's logos/cartoons but did not know how to google more information about this. I went with the blend tool to start cause I like its gradient effect but that of course only goes in a straight line or if you change the spine curves only to one direction.
Does anyone know of a way to do this? Does it have to be done manually as in drawn or is there some other simpler way to do it?
1 Answer
Each blend has a spine.
- Use the Direct Selection Tool to select the bottom point of the spine and convert it to a smooth point clicking the Convert Selected Point to Smooth icon at the top options bar
- Move up the top handler holding Shift to do it at 90º
- Increase the blend steps

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2You absolutely fantastic being!!!! This is so simple I could cry ... how did I not think of playing with the spine - Thank you so much for explaining this to me!!!!! – Sunneva Joh 18 hours ago
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1Glad to help you. – Danielillo 18 hours ago