Buckscaper

Yeah, that's what I was afraid of but I didn't want to give up in case I was just not seeing it. Thanks for letting me know for sure.

Good idea. I found this example. The mustard color indicates part of the label area and the way the ingredient text follows the left side of the label is what I'm talking about.

Thanks for the reply but I had already read that topic - that is not what I am trying to do (I noted in my post that what this topic describes is one of the things I specifically am not trying to do - please see 2nd sentence of my original post) - I'm not sure how I can better explain what it is that I DO want to do. The text is INSIDE the semicircle. NOT around the outside of it. I truly will be amazed if this topic has already been addressed and if it is, I'll want to know what search terms I should have been using because I have been searching for a solid 45 mins.

Hi, I've searched the PDN forums for all the keywords that make sense to me regarding this topic - alignment, curve, curved, text, margin, etc, etc... I am not trying to make the text curve around a circle like a ferris wheel or arch across the top of a football, not trying to get text to "follow a path", etc. I have a circular sticker that will have text in the left hemisphere ONLY from the top of the sticker to the bottom of the sticker. The text needs to run from the left edge of the circle to the center point - this will result in text that looks like it is curved along the left margin i.e. from the top of the sticker to the midpoint, each line starts a little further to the left and then from the midpoint down to the bottom, each line starts a little further to the right. I can't find any way to do this in paint.net and am wondering if I'm barking up the wrong tree on this one. I don't own Illustrator which, according to all the googling I've been doing seems to be the app to use in this case. Any help is appreciated. Thank you, Buck