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#19952 - 08/27/06 09:24 PM Curved text
DustinT12 Member Registered: 08/11/03 Posts: 87 Loc: Pittsburgh, PA	I'm fairly certain there is no way to do this, but, is there any way to create text on a curve within PlanetPress? For example, something like what you might have in WordArt within the MS Office products.
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#19953 - 08/28/06 09:14 AM Re: Curved text
Anonymous Unregistered	Hi: With a little programming, it is relatively simple to wrap text around a circle or part of it. More complex curves are not as simple. They would require the use of postscript passthroughs to define the curve and have the text stick to it.
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#19954 - 08/28/06 09:27 AM Re: Curved text
Raphael Lalonde Lefebvre OL Expert Registered: 10/14/05 Posts: 4956 Loc: Objectif Lune Montreal	Dustin, You cannot curve the test like you can do in WordArt. At least, not without programming. The best tip I can offer you is to create the curved text in Word, then take a screenshot in bitmap or jpeg format, and then use the image in PlanetPress. An alternative would be to create a text object for every letters of your words, and then rotate the text boxes to create a curve effect. However, since you have to make a text box for every letters, this method could be time consuming, and you have to determine the angles by yourself, and place the objects manually. Regards, Rapha
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#19955 - 09/05/06 12:34 AM Re: Curved text
DustinT12 Member Registered: 08/11/03 Posts: 87 Loc: Pittsburgh, PA	I am not adverse to using programming to achieve this. Unfortunately, the text that needs to be on the curve is variable data not static text. Can you perhaps show me some code to achieve wrapping text on a curve or circle?
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#19956 - 09/05/06 10:00 AM

Re: Curved text

stuartg Offline

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Registered: 03/06/03
Posts: 713
Loc: Swindon, England

Hi
Try the following which will write text around a circle.

It attempts to set the character spacing.
However, the characters are not stretched or distorted to fit the curve, that would require some serious messing about with matricies - maybe another day.

Stuart

Code:

define(&data,string,'Start! Hello World! Hello World! End!')
set(&data,&data+' ')
define(&i,integer,0)
moveto(1.5,1) %CIRCLE CENTRE
define(&a,measure,90) %start angle
define(&radius,measure,1.97)  %CIRCLE RADIUS
for(&i,1,1,length(&data)-1)
  gsave()
  setangle(&a)
  moveto(-(stringwidth(mid(&data,&i,1)))/2,-&radius)
  show(mid(&data,&i,1))
  set(&a,&a-(stringwidth(mid(&data,&i,2))*((57/&radius)/2)))
  grestore()
endfor()

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