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Re: [Groff] Setting Text Along A Curve


From: Ralph Corderoy
Subject: Re: [Groff] Setting Text Along A Curve
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 12:32:56 +0000

Hi Cartsen,

> Robert Thorsby wrote:
> > I need to set some text (eg., Lorem Ipsum) along the arc of a curve
> > (eg, a circle). The curve itself need not be visible.
> 
> Heirloom troff has a .pshape request for that.

Robert's after text that follows the path of a circle rather than a
paragraph with indent and line length such that its shape is a circle
AIUI.

Robert, Adobe's `Blue Book' has a couple of PostScript examples that
might be useful.  I found some copies.

    
https://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~milanek/PostScript/Examples/blue_book/README
    
https://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~milanek/PostScript/Examples/blue_book/CircularText_10.ps
    
https://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~milanek/PostScript/Examples/blue_book/TextAlongArbPath_11.ps

Cheers, Ralph.



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