Fitting text to a shape

There are occasions when text is not strictly arranged in a rectangular box. For example, if you would like to print a label for a DVD or compact disc, the text should be arranged in a circle.

How to do it...

The shapepar package can typeset paragraphs in a specific shape, such as a circle, a hexagon, or a heart. The shape size will be adjusted so the given text fits in. We will now try it with a heart:

1. Make a small document, load the packages blindtext (for dummy text) and the shapepar package:

   \documentclass{article}
   \usepackage{blindtext}
   \usepackage{shapepar}

2. In the document, use the \shapepar command with the shape argument, and then text as follows:

   \begin{document}
   \shapepar{\heartshape}\blindtext[2]
   \end{document}

3. Compile and have a look:

   

How it works...

We loaded the blindtext package, which provides filler text via the \blindtext command, which is great for testing. Then we loaded the shapepar package.

That package provides the command \shapepar, which is used as...