POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : text around a circle : Re: text around a circle Server Time
8 Aug 2024 14:16:29 EDT (-0400)
  Re: text around a circle  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 12 Dec 2000 20:51:58
Message: <slrn93dli1.18u.ron.parker@fwi.com>
On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 20:29:35 -0500, Matt Giwer wrote:
>	But divide by the number of letters to find the degrees apart. Create
>each letter separately. R being the radius of your circle, x = r
>sin(angle) y = r cos(angle). Add a little to r for the descenders below
>the line.

If you're using a proportional font, don't just divide by the number of 
letters.  Multiply the width of the letter by the total angle you want the
text to cover, then divide by the width of the text.

-- 
Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
My opinions.  Mine.  Not anyone else's.


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