Curved text to size

Hi guys i am wondering how to curve text to an inch's size. I know how to curve the text just dont know how to resize it.
I am trying to make a half circle stencil with a 17" inside diameter.
Cheers

Just slide the font size slider in the Character panel back and forth until the font size suits you.

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Does anyone know if you can do curved text in CFImage? I know
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Thanks,
Peter

Here's what I came up with but the text appears jagged with
smaller fonts. I think it's because the arc falls in between two
coordinates sometimes, making it impossible to land on the correct
pixel each time. Or maybe there's another reason? Thanks to
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text.prop = { font="#textFont#", style="#textStyle#",
javaStyle= BitOr(Font.BOLD, Font.ITALIC), size="#textSize#" };
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case "italic":
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case "plain":
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default:
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text.prop.size));
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graphics.dispose();
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<cfset centerX = 200>
<cfset centerY = 200>

<cfif isUpper is 1>
<cfset angle = 270>
<cfelse>
<cfset angle = 90>
</cfif>

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<cfif isUpper is 1>
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angleIncrement)>
<cfelse>
<cfset angle = angle + ((textString.width / 2) *
angleIncrement)>
</cfif>
<cfloop from="1" to="#len(Text2Write)#" index="idx">
<cfset singleChar = mid(Text2Write, idx, 1)>

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case "plain":
text.prop.style = Font.PLAIN;
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default:
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graphics = ImageGetBufferedImage( img ).getGraphics();
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<cfset theta = pi() * (angle / 180.0)>
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<cfset circleY = round(centerY + radius * sin(theta))>
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