I did text round a circle using a .eps file, adapted from the PostScript Cookbook.
In case it's any help I enclose it. Denis On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 20:09:06 +1100 Robert Thorsby <rob...@thorsby.com.au> wrote: > On 16/01/15 19:56:33, Ted Harding wrote: > > On 16-Jan-2015 01:48:52 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. > > > > It can certainly be done, in various ways (including pic, and > > PostScript tricks). However, there can be complications of detail > > to get it to look nice (e.g. when using fonts which are not > > constant-width). > > > > At the moment I'm too short of time to write a proper account, but > > will produce something later this weekend. > > Thank you Ted, > > I don't particularly care if the solution requires a bit of trial > and error in order to "get it to look nice" -- I'll regard it as a > necessary self-flagellation penance for putting text along curves, > instead of along straight lines where it belongs. > > But proportional fonts would be nice. :-) > > Why can't they make square CDs? Ooppss, I think you could once get > rectangular ones. :-) > > Cheers and thanks, > Robert > --
