How can I fill in 4, 6, 8, 9, 0 etc with writing without it ignoring the center circle?

Question

I'm trying to enter a list of names as text into the shape of an "8", but they won't go around the center holes of the 8, meaning I'm having to try, and failing, to justify it manually.How can I enter the text without it ignoring the center holes?

Answer 1

Try creating the “hole” shapes separately and apply Object-->Text Wrap.

conditions:

• arranged to Front

• no compound paths

• ungrouped if using multiple holes

Tried it, works great–like this kind of interesting typography!