Re: HELP: Drawing Arcs

David Peterson:
> Huh.   I typed "arc pair grammar" into Google, and the first hit
> was a conlang message about how there should be an encyclopedia
> entry for arc pair grammar.   Guess that effort failed...?
The writer of the hypothetical article would have to understand
Arc Pair Grammar. AFAIK, nobody but Postal ever did...


> Anyway, I'm creating a grammar for Kamakawi right now that's
> borrowing bits from David Perlmutter and Paul Postal's work, as
> well as a theory I was recently introduced to on discourse analysis.
> In order to put it up somewhere, though, I have to be able to draw
> arcs (preferably with arrows on the end).   I've been fruitless in all
> my endeavors.   I can't do it with any of the drawing tools on my
> word processor's painting program, and trying to find font pictures
> of arcs has also proven useless (and time-consuming).
>
> I've been trying to find a picture of one of the "trees" (I forget what
> they're called) for RG,
"igloos" (don't know whether that's official RG, or just linguist
slang).

> As you can see, these arrows are extremely malleable, yet they come out
> looking nice and smooth.   Does anyone know of a font that has arrows
> like these, or how one can draw them aside from freehand?   I'd be
> extremely appreciative.
Word 2000 (of which I'm very fond, even tho it is a Microsoft product)
can do them. Search for "add a curve" in the built-in help; or go to
the Drawing toolbar, choose autoshapes, and then choose curve. To get
the arrowhead you format the line to choose an arrowheaded line.

I know Word Perfect can do them too, but I've never used modern Word
Perfect myself.

--And.