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- From: rgonzal@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Ralph Gonzalez)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
- Subject: Re: Wrap text WITHIN a graphic: How?
- Message-ID: <Dec.14.16.24.43.1992.14858@gandalf.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 21:24:43 GMT
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- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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- Ladd.Morse@p804.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Ladd Morse) writes:
- >
- > GF> She occasionally has a need to create text in a large oval shape. The
- > GF> problem is, most software that does text wrapping assumes you want to
- > GF> go AROUND an object. She wants to draw an oval and have the text wrap
- > GF> WITHIN the oval.
-
- >This can be done quite easily with FreeHand.
-
- I haven't tried this, but can you make two graphics, representing
- the area to the left and right of the oval, and wrap the text around
- them to "fill in" the oval? For example, make graphics in a draw
- program like this:
-
- ***** *****
- *** ***
- * *
- * *
- *** ***
- ***** *****
-
- ^^^^ ^^^^
- Left Right
-
- -Ralph
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- Ralph Gonzalez, Computer Science, Rutgers Univ., Camden, NJ
- Phone: (609) 757-6122; Internet: rgonzal@elbereth.rutgers.edu
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