Have you tried making that into an SVGFont + text-on-a-path? Using that it should be possible to get the effect of something similar to a custom stroke that follows a path. Adding method="stretch" on the textPath element may make it look better, but it depends.
Cheers /Erik On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:14:54 +0100, brucerindahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David > This is close but I want to specify a path and have it drawn with this > symbol along the entire length of the path. It is kind of like > specifying a dash-array that is then repeated along the path. Is this > possible? > Bruce > > --- In [email protected], "ddailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Do you mean something like this? >> >> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" >> xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" > >> <defs> >> <symbol id="S"> >> <path id="u" d="M 5 60 C 20 100 25 20 40 60" /> >> <use transform="translate(35,0)" xlink:href="#u"/> >> <use transform="translate(70,0)" xlink:href="#u"/> >> </symbol> >> </defs> >> <use x="60" y="0" transform="scale(2, 4)" width="200" > height="100" fill="none" stroke-width="2" stroke="red" xlink:href="#S"/> >> </svg> >> >> You can adjust the wavelength and amplitude through pthe scale > transform associated with the <use>. >> >> Perhaps you have something else in mind? -- Erik Dahlstrom, Core Technology Developer, Opera Software Co-Chair, W3C SVG Working Group Personal blog: http://my.opera.com/macdev_ed ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

