Text alignment help

[Northern Monkey]

Ok,

I can create a curve in paint shop pro and have text rolling along it but does anyone know how to have a curved alignment e.g.

xxxxxxxxxxx

xxxxxxxxxxx

.xxxxxxxxxxx

xxxxxxxxxxx

xxxxxxxxxxx

This will preferrably be done in paint shop, or if you have a routine to hand in php (bearing in mind I'd just want to enter a bulk of text and let it roll the text over automatically.

Cheers,

NM.

[Donk]

You could try something like this

<?php
$inset=20;
?>
<span style="margin-left:<?php echo $inset;?> px">text</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:<?php echo $inset+5;?> px">text</span><br>
<span style="margin-left:<?php echo $inset+10;?> px">text</span><br>

bob

[Northern Monkey]

Cheers Donk,

After a 2 second flutter I decided to create some of my own nasty code, will post it here when I've finished incase anyone wants it.

NM.

[Donk]

This one is based on the quadratic equation ax*x +bx +c

<?php
$text= array ("this","is","a","routine","to","create","curved", "text","just","change","the","variables");
for ($x=0;$x<12;$x++) {
?>
<span style="margin-left:<?php echo curvey($x);?> em"><?php echo $text[$x] ?></span><br>
<?php }

function curvey ($x)
{
$inset=10;
$a=.1;
$b=1;
$c=1;
$y= $a*($x-10)*($x-10)+$b*($x-10)+$c;
$y=$inset-$y;
return $y;
}
?>

bob

[Northern Monkey]

Ahh just the ticket, now can you just explain the a, b, c?

I need to try and specify maximum bulge width. and at present if you have 15 lines it goes pear shaped and doesn't make a perfect semi circle....

Bloody good so far though, any ideas?

NM.

[Donk]

Reducing the $a to say $a=0.05 would flatten the curve. and the x-?? seems to level the top and bottom

The formula is a threwback to my school maths in the 60's so I,m not too sure what the rest of it does.

You can get a graphical representation at this site or google "parabola" if that one doesn't load.

<?php
$text= array ("this","is","a","routine","to","create","curve d", "text","just","change","the","variables","with","f ifteen","words");
for ($x=0;$x<15;$x++) {
?>
<span style="margin-left:<?php echo curvey($x);?> em"><?php echo $text[$x] ?></span><br>
<?php }

function curvey ($x)
{
$inset=10;
$a=.05;
$b=1;
$c=1;
$y= $a*($x-17)*($x-17)+$b*($x-17)+$c;
$y=$inset-$y;
return $y;
}
?>
As the $b+$c are both set to 1 I guess leaving them out won't make much difference. Perhaps a mathemetican could create a general formula based just on the array count

bob