Curved text possible?
ELS Prothero
prothero at earthlearningsolutions.org
Wed Apr 27 12:38:43 EDT 2022
Folks,
I made a vertically oriented y axis text label for a data plot once. The text was written in a field with a transparent background, then a screen capture of the text field area, then rotating the captured image 90 degrees. It worked great. Obvious limitation was that the background was included in the capture. I wonder if something like this could be done letter by letter, then re-captured in a summary graphic.
I seem to remember someone making a plugin, years ago, that made text on a curve.
Best,
Bill
William Prothero
https://earthlearningsolutions.org
> On Apr 27, 2022, at 8:53 AM, William de Smet via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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> Hi Paul,
>
> It will be an iOS app.
>
>
> groeten,
>
> William
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>
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>
> Op wo 27 apr. 2022 om 17:45 schreef Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>
>> There is not a native way to do this in LiveCode.
>>
>> An approach might be to use the shell() function (see Dictionary) to
>> pass the text to some external graphics utility that renders and image
>> of it curved and then import the image back into Livecode. There may be
>> other work-arounds.
>>
>>> On 4/27/2022 11:12 AM, William de Smet via use-livecode wrote:
>>> Hi There,
>>>
>>> I am in the need for curved text.
>>> User input via a text field need to have a copied curved text output.
>>> Is this even possible in Livecode?
>>> I was thinking of text to the points of a path? Something like that?
>>>
>>>
>>> Greetings William
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