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4 Nov 2024 21:24:34 EST (-0500)
  Re: Curved text  
From: Mike Williams
Date: 16 Sep 2001 14:47:47
Message: <A9zbCBAuMPp7Ewup@econym.demon.co.uk>
Wasn't it Paul Mitchell who wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>I want to arrange some text on (part of) a circle, and the only way I 
>can see to do it is to rotate the coordiantes slightly after each 
>letter. Obviously the exact amount of rotation required will depend on 
>the letter.
>
>Now I could do this by trial and error, but before I emabark on a whole 
>load of fiddling, is there a better way that I just haven't spotted?

The POV 3.5 betas come with a built-in "CircleText()" macro and an
example file called "circletext.pov" that does this.

-- 
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure


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