Hi Darryl, If there are only few such arrows, you can just define, within <defs>...</defs>, paths of straight lines in the right direction. Then you use them as a path for <textPath>, but without rendering these paths (no <use..>). This procedure works fine for me. Cheers, Samy
--- In svg-developers@yahoogroups.com, Darryl Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi! > > I have a machine-generated SVG document which contains a layer (or > group) that has an arrow line, which is created with a marker. I want > to render text along the path of the arrow, so I have created a > <textPath> element which refers to the arrow path. Fine, that works, > but my text is backward because I enclose every element in the document > in a group whose sole function is to transform the coordinate system to > cartesian coordinates. X now increases to the right, and Y increases in > an upward direction. > > That makes it easier for me to work with, but text on a path is now a > problem. > > I can put text elements in the document, and perform a transform and > scale to flip them over oround the X axis, but text on a path is more > resistent to this procedure. I have tried gliph-orientation- horizontal > and vertical and rotate on the <tspan> element as well as the text > element, but I can't quite seem to get it right. > > Any suggestions appreciated for how to solve this one... > ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
