Wrap text inside a shape

Question

Is there a way to create markup for the rhomboit text block, where each new line is offset from the previous one.

I can not find a solution. I probably need javascript for this.

Answer 1

To my knowledge, there is currently no cross browser . So I put on my creative hat and wrote something for you.

function rhomboit(obj, offset) {
    var invert = false;
    if(offset < 0){
        offset = Math.abs(offset);
        invert = true;
    }
    var line_height = getLineHeight(obj);
    var els = document.querySelectorAll('.rhombus_side');
    for (var i = 0; i < els.length; i++) {
        els[i].parentNode.removeChild(els[i]);
    }
    var new_height = heightWithOffset(obj, offset);
    var total_lines;
    var line_offset;
    while (true) {
        total_lines = Math.ceil(new_height / line_height);
        line_offset = offset / (total_lines);
        var next_height = heightWithOffset(obj, offset + line_offset);
        if (next_height === new_height) break;
        new_height = next_height;
    }
    for (var i = 0; i < total_lines; i++) {
        var left_offset = line_offset * (i + 1);
        var right_offset = offset - left_offset + line_offset;
        if(invert){
            var hold = left_offset;
            left_offset = right_offset;
            right_offset = hold;
        }
        var div = document.createElement('div');
        div.className = 'rhombus_side';
        div.style.width = left_offset + 'px';
        div.style.height = line_height + 'px';
        div.style.float = 'left';
        div.style.clear = 'left';
        //div.style.backgroundColor = 'red';
        obj.insertBefore(div, obj.firstChild);
        div = document.createElement('div');
        div.className = 'rhombus_side';
        div.style.width = right_offset + 'px';
        div.style.height = line_height + 'px';
        div.style.float = 'right';
        div.style.clear = 'right';
        //div.style.backgroundColor = 'blue';
        obj.insertBefore(div, obj.firstChild);
    }
}

function heightWithOffset(obj, offset) {
    var old_padding_left = obj.style.paddingLeft;
    obj.style.paddingLeft = (offset + 1) + 'px';
    var new_height = obj.clientHeight;
    obj.style.paddingLeft = old_padding_left;
    return new_height;
}

function getLineHeight(element) {
    //Thank you : http://stackoverflow.com/a/4515470/482197
    var temp = document.createElement(element.nodeName);
    temp.setAttribute("style", "border:0;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:" + element.style.fontFamily + ";font-size:" + element.style.fontSize);
    temp.innerHTML = "test";
    temp = element.parentNode.appendChild(temp);
    var ret = temp.clientHeight;
    temp.parentNode.removeChild(temp);
    return ret;
}
//Below this is just my showing it with positive and negative offsets
var last_offset = 150;
function toggleRhombus(){
    last_offset *= -1;
    rhomboit(document.getElementById('rhombus'), last_offset);
    setTimeout(function(){toggleRhombus()},5000);
}
toggleRhombus();

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Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/trex005/benjkr05/

• I cannot say that it is incredibly effective, but it does its job.
• The offset must be specified in px.
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Answer 2

shape-inside, -webkit-shape-inside.

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Adobe.