✨ Purpose

This guide helps you design and implement custom SVG path shapes for use with Elementor’s Text Path widget, enabling text to follow any curve or shape you create.

🎨 Two Ways to Create SVG Paths

1. Using Design Software (like Adobe Illustrator)

   • Set up an artboard (example: 250×250 px)

   • Draw an open path with the Pen tool—ensure no fill, only a visible stroke

   • For a closed path (such as a circle), draw the shape, then convert it into an open path by cutting an anchor point

   • Align the artboard to your artwork for minimal whitespace

   • Export as an SVG with internal styles, unique IDs, 4-decimal precision, and minification enabled

2. Using an Online SVG Path Generator

   • Use one of several tools to draw or adjust path shapes

   • Export the generated SVG

   • Clean the file to remove unnecessary metadata and reduce its size

📏 SVG Path Requirements

When creating a path, follow these rules for compatibility:

1. Must be an SVG path element—not circle, rectangle, etc.

2. Must have a designated start point

3. Drawn in a left-to-right (clockwise) direction (text mirrors if drawn RTL) elementor.com+13elementor.com+13elementor.com+13

🔧 Uploading to Elementor

• Insert a Text Path widget

• In the widget’s Path Type control, select Custom and upload your SVG path

• Once applied, your text will follow the shape you’ve defined

✅ Best Practices

• Always ensure the path is open and directional for correct text flow

• Clean SVG files to optimize loading performance

• Design the path to match text length and desired curvature

• Preview and adjust path size within Elementor’s Text Path widget to ensure the text fits neatly

By following these steps, you can craft unique text layouts—from waves and arcs to any freeform shape—expanding your creative typography possibilities.