Fitting text to a shape

There are situations when text doesn’t have a strict rectangular shape. For example, if you want to print on a DVD or compact disc label, the whole text should fit within a circular boundary.

How to do it...

The shapepar package can typeset paragraphs in a particular shape, such as a circle, a hexagon, or a heart. The shape size will be automatically adjusted to accommodate the provided text. We will now try it with a heart:

1. Start a small document, load the blindtext package for dummy text and the shapepar package:

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

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

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

3. Compile and have a look:

Figure 2.15 – Text in the shape of a heart

How it works...

We loaded the blindtext package, which provides filler...