Advanced Wrapfig

Question

Consider the following code and output.

\documentclass{article}
    \usepackage{lipsum}
    \usepackage{graphicx}
    \usepackage{wrapfig}

\begin{document}
    \begin{wrapfigure}{o}{0.5\textwidth}
        \centering
        \includegraphics[width=2in]{image.png}
    \end{wrapfigure}
    \noindent\lipsum[1]
\end{document}

Output

How can I have the text follow the gradient of the triangle in the image?

See How to wrap text around a figure? (revised); Wrap around a logo at bottom right of page; How do you create pull quotes? — Werner, Jun 11 '13 at 22:54
Just the left side, something like the circular pullquote, but linear gradient. — Nicholas Hamilton, Jun 11 '13 at 22:59
You can follow the \parshape procedures laid out in any of the above, linked questions. Have you tried it? — Werner, Jun 11 '13 at 23:05

score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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\parshape can be used in the following setup:

enter image description here

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}% http://ctan.org/pkg/lipsum
\usepackage{graphicx,wrapfig}% http://ctan.org/pkg/{graphicx,wrapfig}

\begin{document}
\begin{wrapfigure}{o}{0.5\textwidth}
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=2in]{triangle.png}
\end{wrapfigure}
\noindent\lipsum[1]

\null\hfill\smash{% Place image with adjustment for height/depth
  \raisebox{\dimexpr-\height+\baselineskip}{%
    \includegraphics[width=2in]{triangle.png}}}%
\par\vspace*{\dimexpr-\baselineskip-\parskip}% Correct for following paragraph

% \parshape <num lines> <indent> <width> ...
\parshape 12 0pt 0.5\textwidth
0pt \dimexpr0.5\textwidth+\baselineskip\relax
0pt \dimexpr0.5\textwidth+0.75\baselineskip\relax
0pt \dimexpr0.5\textwidth+1.5\baselineskip\relax
0pt \dimexpr0.5\textwidth+2.25\baselineskip\relax
0pt \dimexpr0.5\textwidth+3.0\baselineskip\relax
0pt \dimexpr0.5\textwidth+3.75\baselineskip\relax
0pt \dimexpr0.5\textwidth+4.5\baselineskip\relax
0pt \dimexpr0.5\textwidth+5.25\baselineskip\relax
0pt \dimexpr0.5\textwidth+6.0\baselineskip\relax
0pt \dimexpr0.5\textwidth+6.75\baselineskip\relax
0pt \textwidth
\noindent\lipsum[1]

\end{document}

For a more programmatic way at dealing with this, you could use Xfig. For such an approach, see

or other, related posts:

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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answered Jun 11 '13 at 23:37

Werner

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What package is able to wrap text around more complex shapes, such as i.imgur.com/MsbsOVG.png or i.imgur.com/Apq8kdv.png or i.imgur.com/GxllBgA.png easier? I mean automatically wrapping around a shape without manually specifying coordinates for each line. – skan Feb 07 '17 at 19:26
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@skan: For that you'll have to create the shape and introduce the line widths to TeX to be used within a \parshape macro; something similar to Very specific paragraph shape and Text wrap with shapepar (insert image between text). The latter example showcases the use of XFig to draw the shape and export it using fig2dev. This should work via cygwin on Windows. – Werner Feb 07 '17 at 19:49
I had already seen that threads, but I expected to find an easier or more automatic solution. – skan Feb 07 '17 at 20:43
@skan: Yes, automation is what everyone's after. TeX isn't the same as Word that provides a WYSIWIG GUI-style interface. You'll have to program the content, and that's why you need to do it that way. AFAIK, there exists no (La)TeX package that can do this automatically. Perhaps in other languages... – Werner Feb 07 '17 at 20:49
I was thinking more in software like Indesign – skan Feb 08 '17 at 00:32
@skan InDesign does have textual flow capabilities for sure... but you can find that online fairly easily. – Werner Feb 08 '17 at 01:19
@Werner I don't mean to do it with Indesign but to get the same result in Latex. – skan Feb 08 '17 at 11:04

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