The following grob might be a starting point. I couldn't find a clean way of orienting the linking arcs though...
Best, baptiste library(grid) paragraph <- "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Praesent adipiscing lobortis placerat. Nunc vel arcu mauris. Aliquam erat volutpat. Integer et pharetra orci. Sed rutrum facilisis dolor et condimentum. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Nunc leo nibh, pellentesque et convallis quis, mattis ut mi. Nunc dignissim auctor elit pulvinar malesuada. Cras dapibus hendrerit ligula quis suscipit. Proin porta tempor feugiat. Ut quis nisi lacus, et egestas tortor. Fusce porttitor tincidunt fringilla. Vivamus rhoncus ultrices elit, at fermentum nisl scelerisque et. Duis placerat est at justo vestibulum sodales. Curabitur quis eros tellus. " words <- strsplit(paragraph, " ")[[1]] labels <- apply(matrix(words, ncol=3, byrow=T), 1, paste, collapse=" ") arcTextGrob <- function(x=unit(0.5, "npc"), y=unit(0.5, "npc"), labels=letters[1:10], links=sample(seq_along(labels), 10), min.radius=unit(2, "cm"), default.units="npc", gp=gpar(), ...) { ## circle of perimeter = 1.5 * the text height full.height <- sum(stringHeight(labels)) radius <- 1.5 /(2*pi) * full.height g1 <- circleGrob(0.5, 0.5, r=radius, default.units="npc") ## text labels n <- length(labels) ang <- seq(0, n-1) * 2 * pi/n radius.mm <- convertUnit(radius, "npc", val=T) coords <- data.frame(x=0.5+radius.mm*cos(ang), y=0.5+radius.mm*sin(ang)) g2 <- textGrob(labels, x=coords$x , y=coords$y , rot=ang*180/pi, default.units="npc", hjust=0) ## links, ## NOTE: they are not well ordered... xm <- matrix(coords$x[links], ncol=2, byrow=T) ym <- matrix(coords$y[links], ncol=2, byrow=T) g3 <- do.call(gList, mapply(curveGrob, x1=xm[, 1], y1=ym[, 1], x2=xm[, 2], y2=ym[, 2], ncp=8, curvature=0.3, square=F, SIMPLIFY=FALSE)) gTree(children=gList(g1, g2, g3)) } grid.arcText <- function(...) grid.draw(arcTextGrob(...)) dev.new() grid.arcText(labels=labels) On 7 April 2010 16:44, Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendi...@gmail.com> wrote: > There is draw.arc in the plotrix package. > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:20 AM, baptiste auguie > <baptiste.aug...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Barry suggested a way to place the text labels; I would like to point >> out the grid.curve() function that might help in connecting the labels >> with nice-looking curves. I don't know of a base graphics equivalent >> (xspline() might come close) so it might be best to opt for Grid. >> >> HTH, >> >> baptiste >> >> >> On 7 April 2010 15:46, Barry Rowlingson <b.rowling...@lancaster.ac.uk> wrote: >>> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Brock Tibert <btibe...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I am new to R, but it has been a lot of fun learning as I go and have been >>>> blow away by what it can do. Came across this example and wanted to see >>>> if ggplot2 or some other visualization package could make this sort of >>>> graphic. >>>> >>>> http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/project.cfm?id=717&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+visualcomplexity+(visualcomplexity.com)&utm_content=Google+Reader >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance! >>> >>> Not quite out-of-the box, but you can draw text with the text() >>> function setting the angle with the 'srt' parameter, and you can draw >>> lines using 'lines'. You can compute angles using 'pi'. You'll need a >>> bit of trig to work out the angle that the lines start and end at. >>> That's about all you need to know. >>> >>> Some of the subtleties of the typesetting of that specific piece may >>> be tricky, but it's easy to write a function that takes a vector of >>> strings and an adjacency matrix and plots something like it. >>> >>> Give R-help another hour and I reckon something will turn up. Not >>> from me, I'm watching the IPL cricket. >>> >>> Barry >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.