[pstricks] Re: Word Balloons

[Herbert Voss]

dpstory at uakron.edu wrote:
> I haven't seen anything in PSTricks for creating word balloons (used in cartoons to show the 
> thoughts or speech of a character). I believe PowerPoint has word balloons.  Does anyone 
> know of anything from PSTricks?

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{pstricks,pst-node}
%
\makeatletter
\def\psWordBallon{\pst at object{psWordBallon}}
\def\psWordBallon at i(#1)(#2)#3#4{{%
   \use at par
   \pst at killglue
   \pnode(#2){WB at end}
   \rput(#1){\ovalnode{WB at center}{\parbox{#3}{#4}}}
 
\nccurve[doubleline=true,doublesep=5pt,arrows=->,fillstyle=none]{WB at center}{WB at end}
   \ignorespaces
}}
\makeatother
\parindent=0pt
\begin{document}

\psWordBallon[angleB=100,angleA=-30](0,0)(3,-3){3cm}{Let's see what we 
can see in this Word Ballon \ldots}
\psWordBallon[angleB=140,angleA=-90,linecolor=red,fillstyle=solid,fillcolor=cyan](5,0)(4,-6){2cm}%
    {\raggedright Let's see what we can see in this Word Ballon \ldots}

\vspace{6cm}
Syntax: \verb+\psWordBallon[options](text center)(arrow end){text 
width}{text}+

\end{document}



Herbert