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Date:      Wed, 27 May 2009 10:35:00 +0100
From:      Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
To:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: A FreeBSD program that rotates text
Message-ID:  <4A1D0944.9010002@infracaninophile.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20090527085026.fc2af299.freebsd@edvax.de>
References:  <20090526213538.31defd77.freebsd@edvax.de>	<4A1CD9EC.8080803@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20090527085026.fc2af299.freebsd@edvax.de>

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Polytropon wrote:


> So I miss things like:
> 	- draw first circle with line thickness of 10 px

Select the object, then go to Object: Fill and Stroke

In the stroke style tab, set the width to 10px

> 	- draw second (concentric) circle with line thickness of 10 px

Draw two circles of appropriate sizes anywhere on the page, select
both of them, then go to Object: Align and Distribute. Just
align centers horizontally and then vertically.  Voila: concentric
circles.  Hold down ctrl when drawing circles to constrain something
that's nearly circular into being an actual circle.

> 	- align text between these circles (upper, lower, each
> 	  centered to Y axis of circles); use outlined letters
> 	  for the text (shapes)

Select the /inner/ circle and the text.  Got to Text: Put on Path.
You may have to double-click the curved text and drag the handles
to get it the right way up.

Select the text, and play with the Fill and Stroke stuff -- by default
text is filled with the background colour and the edges aren't drawn
(stroked) over, but that's easy to change.

> 	- put a picture into the middle and cut it off where it
> 	  hits the inner circle.

Set the inner circle fill to transparent.  Make a group of the circles
and text, then drop it over your image.

> 	- take some "bucket fill" and fill the "circle ring" blue,
> 	  the inner of the text keeps white, while the letters'
> 	  outline is black, and put some color into the figure in
> 	  the middle (flood fill method).

Bucket fill should work for the arbitrary areas, although use the Fill
and Stroke dialogue for the lettering.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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