SVG Unleashed

Chapter 8. Laying Out Text in SVG

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Overview of Text in SVG

• The SVG Text Layout Elements

• Text Layout Tasks in SVG

• The textPath Element

• The switch Element

• Comparison of Text Layout in SVG and HTML

• Text-Related SVG DOM Interfaces

• Other SVG DOM Text and Font Objects

• Examples of Accessing and Manipulating the DOM

It is essential that you be able to lay out text in SVG. For example, a map may need text to name towns or other features, a technical diagram may need text to label parts of a piece of machinery, and so on. In other settings, a logo may contain text whose positioning may in turn be animated. SVG can even be used to create SVG Web pages, where predictable text layout is vital to communication. If SVG is to be used effectively in such ...