The direction of a or can be reversed using
Transform->Reverse Path. For example, the path in
Figure 8.17 has a bar start marker, pointed arrow
mid-markers and a LaTeX style arrow end marker.
Figure 8.17(a) shows the original path, and
Figure 8.17(b) shows the reversed path. Note that
all the are in
the same place, but their ordering has changed.
In Figure 8.18, the text-path in
Figure 8.18(a) is reversed to form
Figure 8.18(b). Note that the text now starts
from the right instead of the left, since the first control point is now on the right, and it is upside-down.
Figure 8.17:
Reversing the direction
of a path: (a) original path; (b) reversed path--
the vertices are in the same location, but the order has been
reversed.
(a)
(b)
Figure 8.18:
Reversing the direction
of a text-path: (a) original text-path; (b) reversed text-path--
the vertices are in the same location, but the order has been
reversed so the text starts from the other end.