Re: Aligning text along an ARC

[Maciej Jaros <egil wp pl>]

Steffen Macke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> with the upcoming Dia 0.97 you could use the new Outline tool, break
> up your text into smaller parts
> and align them manually along your. path. But I guess this is not what
> you are looking for.
>
> Inkscape can do what you want (Use the Text->Put on Path menu entry).
> Unfortunately if you open the SVG generated by Inkscape in Dia, the
> text will not be on the path.
>   
Just to note - this is not just Inkscape specific - it's in the SVG 1.1 
standard:
http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/text.html#TextOnAPath

You can view an example in any browser (except IE of course):
http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/images/text/toap01.svg

Maybe Dia could borrow some open-source rendering engine?

Best wishes,
Nux.