text_on_path 0.1.1

Text along any curve, a circle for a seal or any Path, with cursive scripts kept joined. Arabic, Persian and Urdu stay connected; Devanagari and Bengali keep their headline.

text_on_path

Text along any curve in Flutter, with cursive scripts kept joined. Arabic, Persian and Urdu stay connected; Hindi and Bengali keep their headline.

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Why text_on_path

• Joins stay closed. Other packages turn each letter to the curve, so cursive joins break open. text_on_path bends only where letters join.
• Letters keep their shape. Warping the whole line stretches every letter; text_on_path distorts them a fifth to two thirds as much.
• Every script Flutter shapes. Arabic, Persian, Urdu Nastaliq, Hindi, Bengali and Latin script hands.
• Seals that fit. Fill a ring with kashida, tracking or word spacing, never by opening joins.
• Selectable. Drag, double-click and copy inside a SelectionArea, right to left too.
• Sharp and exportable. It stays crisp at any zoom, and exports to SVG and PDF.

Demos

Learn more

• Getting started: install, options, selection, and SVG and PDF.
• How it works: the method, the measurements and the limits.
• Measurements and sharpness, in full.

License

Apache 2.0. The example's fonts are under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.