Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucdavis!iris!lim From: lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: wrapping text Message-ID: <5127@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Date: 15 Aug 89 20:46:40 GMT Sender: uucp@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu Reply-To: lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (Lloyd Lim) Distribution: usa Organization: U.C. Davis - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Lines: 20 Here's a couple things I haven't figured out to do cleanly. How would you determine the smallest sized square that you could fit a piece of text in? The text should wrap when possible without breaking words. The best I've been able to think of is to start with a square that is the same size as the length of the largest word and keep increasing the size of the square until it fits. How would you format a piece of text inside a circle? Would you just place the text inside a square that fits in the circle for simplicity (but wasting some of the circle's area)? Or would you place each line in its own text box (for lack of a better term)? PICT compatibility is necessary so I have to use solutions that will transport to other apps too. Any suggestions? Thanks. +++ Lloyd Lim Internet: lim@iris.ucdavis.edu (128.120.57.20) Compuserve: 72647,660 US Mail: 146 Lysle Leach Hall, U.C. Davis, Davis, CA 95616