<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" 

  "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">

<svg width="12cm" height="3.6cm" viewBox="0 0 1000 300" version="1.2"

     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">

  <defs>

    <path xml:id="MyPath"

          d="M 100 200 

             C 200 100 300   0 400 100

             C 500 200 600 300 700 200

             C 800 100 900 100 900 100" />

  </defs>

  <desc>Example toap03 - text on a path with startOffset attribute</desc>

  <use xlink:href="#MyPath" fill="none" stroke="red"  />

  <text font-family="Verdana" font-size="42.5" fill="blue" >

    <textPath xlink:href="#MyPath" startOffset="80%">

      We go up, then we go down, then up again

    </textPath>

  </text>

  <!-- Show outline of canvas using 'rect' element -->

  <rect x="1" y="1" width="998" height="298"

        fill="none" stroke="blue" stroke-width="2" />

</svg>