Techniques and systems are described to extend text on a path. The path, for instance, may be user specified and configured to control placement of subsequent text in a user interface. During entry of the text, the computing device detects that the text inputs overflow the input path. In response, the computing device generates a path that is linked to the input path to include the text that is to overflow the input path, e.g., through the use of threading. The generated path is then plotted in the user interface for inclusion of the overflow of text in the user interface, such as to mimic a shape of the input path after translation or scaling at the translated location.