How vector graphics are created - advanced path functions -

Text on a path

Today's programmes have taken the possibilities of vector-graphics far beyond the basics, naturally enough.

Having worked out how to create your paths and manage them, there's a whole range of things you can do with them: we'll look at three examples here - getting text to flow along a curved path, adding 'art' to paths, and emulating a calligraphic pen.

Most vector programmes offer a simple function to select a path, select a text box, and then let the text flow along the path: this example is from InDesign, but we see when we compare programmes (chapter 5) that there are big differences in how the result looks.