topic Re: Apply a bulge effect in the text geometry in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Apply a bulge effect in the text geometry

nhjkv — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:39:30 GMT

I want to achieve the effect like these where the text are bulging, and the other texts also follows caves in from that bulge. It can be a a bulge or a slanting effect like in the second image.

It's not only a simple text on path like this below, looks like we need to modify the letter geometry? How can we achieve the effect in fusion 360?

Re: Apply a bulge effect in the text geometry

jeff_strater — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:32:19 GMT

This is beyond Fusion's text capabilities. My advice would be to find a program that is good at text, and also has SVG export. Make your text there, export the SVG, import to Fusion, then Emboss.

Re: Apply a bulge effect in the text geometry

lauri_barnhart — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:48:10 GMT

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Re: Apply a bulge effect in the text geometry

MichaelT_123 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 05:16:36 GMT

Hi Mr/Mrs/Mx/Mxy Nhjkv,

The issue pops up on the Forum quite often.

Why would it be difficult (although impossible) to achieve the advanced text/character text geometry transformation … while other software does it easily, beautifully and at dazzling speed?

It comes to the geometry/topology model on which the software is built. The “text manipulation” software you are referring to is primarily based on the Adobe text/character two-stage geometry transformation and operates only in 2D space. One level of transformation is applied to the “string”, while a lower-level 2D matrix/procedure can shape each individual character/glyph. Such a text processing path is straightforward and short. Traditionally, the underlying processor-level code is stack-based, thus it is swift and efficient. It is quite a departure from current practices: when accessing a byte of data, a round trip to Bangalore is required. Still, not bad. I heard Mars is in the making.

What are the alternatives?

As advised, use mostly Adobe-based software running a stack data processing arrangement.

Expect a hefty price tag for the privilege.

Otherwise, if not being afraid to change the programming paradigm to the reverse notation one … learn PostScript!

What is shown in the pictures can be coded in a couple of PostScript lines … free of charge … satisfaction warranted.

Import via SVG gate.

Regards

MichaelT