Hi Erik and others, I tried the method with text on path. However, in Opera, I don't see any difference at all when using method="stretch" when compared to method="align". Anything I am doing wrong?
Here is my file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/ TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"; xmlns:xlink="http:// www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="100%" height="100%"> <defs> <font id="myFont" horiz-adv-x="100"> <font-face font-family="My Font" units-per-em="100"/> <missing-glyph horiz-adv-x="100"/> <glyph unicode="p" horiz-adv-x="100" d="M 0 0 L 2.5 0 C 50 45 50 -50 102.5 0 L 97.5 0 C 50 -45 50 50 -2.5 0 Z" /> </font> </defs> <path id="myFirstPath" fill="none" stroke="blue" stroke- width="2" d="M20,300L300,300v100h200"/> <text font-family="My Font" font-size="60" fill="red"> <textPath xlink:href="#myFirstPath" method="stretch"> ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp </textPath> </text> <path id="mySecondPath" fill="none" stroke="blue" stroke- width="2" d="M 100 100 C 300 300 300 -100 500 100"/> <text font-family="My Font" font-size="60" fill="red"> <textPath xlink:href="#mySecondPath" method="stretch"> ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp </textPath> </text> </svg> Thank you for having a look it. I think this would probably come close to what Bruce wants but it doesn't properly align when using curves (see upper example). Of course, I wouldn't expect it to work when there are discontinuities (lower example), but it would be nice if the glyphs would properly connect on the upper example. Andreas --- In [email protected], Erik Dahlström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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" <ddailey@> 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/
