Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Text in tikz

[jhapk]

Hi,

how can I make a text hug an ellipse i.e. the text is written along the boundary of the ellipse, in Tikz?

[gmedina]

Hi,

you can use something like this:

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.text}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}[decoration={text along path,
    text={Some long text along an ellipse used for this simple example}}]
  \draw [decorate] (0,0) ellipse (2cm and 1cm);
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

Refer to the Section 27.5 Text Decorations of the pgfmanual for further information.