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Text Along a Path

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Last edited Feb 9, 2016

Created on May 1, 2012

This example shows how to place text along a curved path using SVG’s `textPath` element. A visible gray curve is defined in the SVG `<defs>` section, and the sentence "We go up, then we go down, then up again." follows that path via an `xlink:href` reference. The code uses D3 v3 to build the SVG structure, appending a `<path>`, a `<text>` with a `<textPath>`, and a `<use>` element to display the curve.

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A demonstration of SVG’s textPath element.

gpl-3.0 Licensed

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