Insert list vertically on a path like spokes of a wheel

[RocketGS]

I’ve only been able to find information about flowing text on a path, for example, an arc or circle. I want to take a list and project each word in the list outsold like a pinwheel or spokes of a cog.
 

Instead of each character touching the path, only the first letter of the word would be on the path.

 

RED

BLUE

ORANGE

GREEN

YELLOW

PURPLE 

 

I want to curve this list into a circle like spokes of a wheel.

Edited September 14, 2023 by RocketGS

[Callum]

Hi RocketGS,

Welcome to the forums

Unfortunately I don't think its possible to do what you are looking for automatically your best bet would likely be using multiple flowed text frames to create the effect you are looking for. If you are able to provide an image that shows an example of what you are trying to do I should be able to give more specific advice.

Thanks
C

[RocketGS]

3 hours ago, Callum said:

Hi RocketGS,

Welcome to the forums

Unfortunately I don't think its possible to do what you are looking for automatically your best bet would likely be using multiple flowed text frames to create the effect you are looking for. If you are able to provide an image that shows an example of what you are trying to do I should be able to give more specific advice.

Thanks
C

So this is what I'm trying to do.

[walt.farrell]

Make a circle.

Make the spokes as separate curves. 

Turn each curve into Path Text.

Note that if you're using Designer or Photo, you'll need to duplicate the spokes if you want them to have a visible stroke, and just convert one of them to Path Text.

[v_kyr]

With some third-party scripting as a workaround, the whole can be more automated then. - Here's a quick made Python script example, which will read lines of text from an accordingly setup txt-file and then does arrange those around a circle (or some other shape object). The whole by the script generated is shown as a drawing here and can of course also be saved as a reusable SVG file then.

The small Python "text around a circle" script ...

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(30, 20))
ax.axis('equal')

ax.set(xlim=(-10, 10), ylim=(-10, 10))

circle = plt.Circle((0, 0), 2.7, fc='#cfe2f3')
ax.add_patch(circle)

def kex(N):
    alpha=2*np.pi/N
    alphas = alpha*np.arange(N)
    coordX = np.cos(alphas)
    coordY = np.sin(alphas)

    return np.c_[coordX, coordY, alphas]

with open('mylist.txt', 'r') as file:
    data = file.read().splitlines()

radius = 3.2
points = kex(len(data))

for i in range(0, len(data)):
    a = points[i,2] 
    x,y = (radius*np.cos(a), radius*np.sin(a))
    if points[i,0] < 0:
      a = a - np.pi
    ax.text(x, y, data[i], rotation = np.rad2deg(a), ha="center", va="center", fontsize=15)

ax.axis("off")
plt.savefig("myimg.svg")
plt.show()

 

The example contents of the used "mylist.txt" file ...

johndoe
barrywhite
arthurdoyle
mickeymouse
donaldduck
billmurray
rachelwelsh
evamendez
salmahayek
rogermoore

The generated SVG file. - Note: it's 2160 x 1440 px thus needs some scrolling to the left in order to be seen centered in a webbrowser ...

• myimg.svg

[R C-R]

1 hour ago, v_kyr said:

The generated SVG file.

FWIW, that does not look like what the OP showed in the third post. In that post all the text items start the same distance from the circle & each one rotates so some appear upside down.

But I don't know if that is close enough to what the OP wants or not, or how much different the script would need to be to look like in that third post.

[Old Bruce]

Myself I would use Publisher and make an appropriatly sized Frame Text text frame. Move the centre of rotation to the left or right of it and use the Power Duplicate to rotate copies. then I would link the text frames and paste the Paragraphs into it.

The only reason to use Publisher is to get the linked text frames.

[v_kyr]

1 hour ago, R C-R said:

FWIW, that does not look like what the OP showed in the third post. In that post all the text items start the same distance from the circle & each one rotates so some appear upside down.

You/he can adjust that in code the way wanted and add some x/y offset for the text from the circle area. The above shown is just a quick made 15 min concept hack where I've used just centered text for, so there longer text lines did went more near and into the circles. But one can adjust all that and much more if needed. - Further I don't waste any more of my unpayed spare time here for something people might either way do not use at all then. - And if I would do instead a full blown/grade flexible implementation of something like that, it would take much more time, look usability wise completely different and I probably also wouldn't offer that then as a free solution at all!