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%%  The LaTeX Graphics Companion, 2ed (first printing May 2007)
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%%  Example 6-7-48 on page 451.
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%%  Copyright (C) 2007 Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach, Denis Roegel, Sebastian Rahtz, Herbert Vo\ss 
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\documentclass{ttctexa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{348.0pt}
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{pst-plot,pst-text}
\newcommand*\textII{
  The PSTricks project was started by Timothy Van Zandt long time ago and is
  one of the oldest \TeX\ packages still in use.  `I started in 1991.
  Initially I was just trying to develop tools for my own use. Then I
  thought it would be nice to package them so that others could use them. It
  soon became tempting to add lots of features, not just the ones I needed.
  When this became so interesting that it interfered with my day ``job'', I
  gave up the project ``cold turkey'', in 1994.' --- Timothy Van Zandt
  Other people who where involved in this project are Denis Girou,
  Sebastian Rahtz and Herbert Vo\ss}
\DeclareFixedFont{\SF}{T1}{phv}{b}{n}{2.35cm}
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(-2.7,-2.2)(3.5,2.2)
\psset{linestyle=none}
\pstextpath[l](0,0){%
  \parametricplot[plotstyle=curve,plotpoints=500]{0}{3200}{%
       t 1000 div dup t sin mul exch t cos mul }}{\textII}
\end{pspicture}
\begin{pspicture*}(-2ex,-4ex)(0.3,4.5)
\pstextpath(0,-1ex){\pscharpath*[linestyle=none]{%
  \SF\shortstack{Van\\[20pt]Zandt}}}{\scriptsize\textII}
\end{pspicture*}
\end{document}