Corel jacked up kerning when fitting text to path

[SignManiac]

Ok, so it seems that whenever I attempt to fit text to path in Coreldraw, the kerning is always crap. Hitting F 10 to edit nodes results in even worse if using the slider arrow. Is there another method than manually adjusting every letter node by node?

As you can see here, the right side doesn't need much tweaking but the left side of Chucks is way to open.

 

[J Hill Designs]

select the text, hit the shape tool, and every letter should now have a node to adjust

 

[SignManiac]

I have done that but the results are still crap. I actually get better results by breaking every letter apart and the positioning. when using the shape tool you can move the letters, but most have to be rotated to make them appear at the right angel on your arc. I've found no other way to get around that.

 

[J Hill Designs]

I agree - especially as you get further and further around the circle (etc) you basically NEED to start doing manual rotating, nudging, etc