A demonstration of SVG’s textPath element.
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Text Along a Path
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| license: gpl-3.0 |
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <meta charset="utf-8"> | |
| <style> | |
| #curve-text { | |
| font: 40px sans-serif; | |
| } | |
| #curve-line { | |
| stroke: #999; | |
| fill: none; | |
| } | |
| </style> | |
| <body> | |
| <script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script> | |
| <script> | |
| var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg") | |
| .attr("width", 960) | |
| .attr("height", 500) | |
| .attr("viewBox", "0 0 1000 300"); | |
| svg.append("defs").append("path") | |
| .attr("id", "curve") | |
| .attr("d", "M100,200C200,100 300,0 400,100C500,200 600,300 700,200C800,100 900,100 900,100"); | |
| svg.append("text") | |
| .attr("id", "curve-text") | |
| .append("textPath") | |
| .attr("xlink:href", "#curve") | |
| .text("We go up, then we go down, then up again."); | |
| svg.append("use") | |
| .attr("id", "curve-line") | |
| .attr("xlink:href", "#curve"); | |
| </script> |
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