<textPath>

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

The <textPath> SVG element is used to render text along the shape of a <path> element. The text must be enclosed in the <textPath> element and its href attribute is used to reference the desired <path>.

Example

html,
body,
svg {
  height: 100%;
}

html

<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <!-- to hide the path, it is usually wrapped in a <defs> element -->
  <!-- <defs> -->
  <path
    id="MyPath"
    fill="none"
    stroke="red"
    d="M10,90 Q90,90 90,45 Q90,10 50,10 Q10,10 10,40 Q10,70 45,70 Q70,70 75,50" />
  <!-- </defs> -->

  <text>
    <textPath href="#MyPath">Quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.</textPath>
  </text>
</svg>

Attributes

href: The URL to the path or basic shape on which to render the text. If the path attribute is set, href has no effect. Value type: <URL> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes
lengthAdjust: Where length adjustment should be applied to the text: the space between glyphs, or both the space and the glyphs themselves. Value type: spacing|spacingAndGlyphs; Default value: spacing; Animatable: yes
method: Which method to render individual glyphs along the path. Value type: align|stretch ; Default value: align; Animatable: yes
path Experimental: The path on which the text should be rendered. Value type: <path_data> ; Default value: none; Animatable: yes
side Experimental: Which side of the path the text should be rendered. Value type: left|right ; Default value: left; Animatable: yes
spacing: How space between glyphs should be handled. Value type: auto|exact ; Default value: exact; Animatable: yes
startOffset: How far the beginning of the text should be offset from the beginning of the path. Value type: <length>|<percentage>|<number> ; Default value: 0; Animatable: yes
textLength: The width of the space into which the text will render. Value type: <length>|<percentage>|<number> ; Default value: auto; Animatable: yes

Usage context

Categories	Text content element, Text content child element
Permitted content	Character data and any number of the following elements, in any order: Descriptive elements `<a>`, `<animate>`, `<set>`, `<tref>`, `<tspan>`

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # TextPathElement

Browser compatibility

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