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<textPath>

To render text along the shape of a <path>, enclose the text in a <textPath> element that has an href attribute with a reference to the <path> element.

Example

SVG Code Input:
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>

    
<svg style='border:1px solid black' width='280' height='250' version='1.1'  xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'>
<svg width='226' height='226' viewBox='-25, -25, 226, 226' version='1.1'  xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'>
   <pattern id='pattern-halfgrid' x='0' y='0' width='5' height='5' patternUnits='userSpaceOnUse'>
       <path d='M 5 0 L 0 0 0 5' fill='none' stroke='red' stroke-width='0.2'/>
   </pattern>
   <pattern id='pattern-grid' x='0' y='0' width='10' height='10' patternUnits='userSpaceOnUse'>
       <rect width='10' height='10' fill='url(#pattern-halfgrid)' stroke-width='0'></rect>
       <path d='M 10 0 L 0 0 0 10' fill='none' stroke='black' stroke-width='0.2'/>
   </pattern>
   <rect x='0' y='0' width='100%' height='100%' fill='url(#pattern-grid)' stroke-width='0'></rect>
  
   <svg transform='scale(0.884955752212389)' preserveAspectRatio='xMinYMin' viewBox='0 0 100 100' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'>
       <!-- to hide the path, it is usually wrapped in a <defs> element -->
       <!-- <defs> -->
       <path id='MyPath' fill='none' stroke='red'  d='M10,90 Q90,90 90,45 Q90,10 50,10 Q10,10 10,40 Q10,70 45,70 Q70,70 75,50' />
       <!-- </defs> -->

       <text>
           <textPath href='#MyPath'>
               Quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
           </textPau>
       </text>
   </svg>
  </svg>
<text x='5' y='17' font-size='20'>(0,0)</text>
<text x='195' y='17' font-size='20'>(100,0)</text>
<text x='5' y='245' font-size='20'>(0,100)</text>
<text x='195' y='245' font-size='20'>(100,100)</text>
<circle cx='25' cy='25' r='2' fill='black'/>
<circle cx='225' cy='25' r='2' fill='black'/>
<circle cx='25' cy='225' r='2' fill='black'/>
<circle cx='225' cy='225' r='2' fill='black'/>
</svg>
    
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Attributes

href The URL to the path or basic shape on which to render the text. If the path attribute is set, href has no effect. Value type: <URL> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes lengthAdjust Where length adjustment should be applied to the text: the space between glyphs, or both the space and the glyphs themselves. Value type: spacing|spacingAndGlyphs; Default value: spacing; Animatable: yes method Which method to render individual glyphs along the path. Value type: align|stretch ; Default value: align; Animatable: yes path The path on which the text should be rendered. Value type: <path_data> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes side Which side of the path the text should be rendered. Value type: left|right ; Default value: left; Animatable: yes spacing How space between glyphs should be handled. Value type: auto|exact ; Default value: exact; Animatable: yes startOffset How far the beginning of the text should be offset from the beginning of the path. Value type: <length>|<percentage>|<number> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes textLength The width of the space into which the text will render. Value type: <length>|<percentage>|<number> ; Default value: auto; Animatable: yes

Global attributes

Core Attributes Most notably: id, tabindex Styling Attributes class, style Conditional Processing Attributes Most notably: requiredExtensions, systemLanguage Event Attributes Global event attributes, Graphical event attributes Presentation Attributes Most notably: clip-path, clip-rule, color, color-interpolation, color-rendering, cursor, display, fill, fill-opacity, fill-rule, filter, mask, opacity, pointer-events, shape-rendering, stroke, stroke-dasharray, stroke-dashoffset, stroke-linecap, stroke-linejoin, stroke-miterlimit, stroke-opacity, stroke-width, transform, vector-effect, visibility ARIA Attributes aria-activedescendant, aria-atomic, aria-autocomplete, aria-busy, aria-checked, aria-colcount, aria-colindex, aria-colspan, aria-controls, aria-current, aria-describedby, aria-details, aria-disabled, aria-dropeffect, aria-errormessage, aria-expanded, aria-flowto, aria-grabbed, aria-haspopup, aria-hidden, aria-invalid, aria-keyshortcuts, aria-label, aria-labelledby, aria-level, aria-live, aria-modal, aria-multiline, aria-multiselectable, aria-orientation, aria-owns, aria-placeholder, aria-posinset, aria-pressed, aria-readonly, aria-relevant, aria-required, aria-roledescription, aria-rowcount, aria-rowindex, aria-rowspan, aria-selected, aria-setsize, aria-sort, aria-valuemax, aria-valuemin, aria-valuenow, aria-valuetext, role XLink Attributes xlink:title

Usage notes

Categories Text content element, Text content child element Permitted content Character data and any number of the following elements, in any order:
Descriptive elements
<a>, <altGlyph>, <animate>, <animateColor>, <set>, <tref>, <tspan>

Specifications

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) (SVG)

Sources and References

  • https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG2/text.html
  • https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Element/textPath

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References

  1. http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-1999, 1999, HTML 4.01 Specification: W3C Recommendation, updated 24 December 1999
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