Changing font size of a text along path

Question

I'm trying to put a text in a ring section. I found here an example that perfectly fits my needs: How draw part of ring or broken ring in TikZ?

The problem with it is that when I change text size, e.g. by changing to {\large this is a text}, my pdflatex hangs, the last message on the screen is:

(/usr/local/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/epstopdf-sys.cfg))

Please post a complete example here. Especially if an answer which works for somebody else doesn't work for you. Which example there did you even use? We have no idea.... — cfr, Jul 22 '15 at 23:34

Rafał · Answer 1 · 2015-07-22T12:13:26.983

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Your

\large

should be inside a | bracket:

decoration={text along path, text={|\large|this is a text}, text align={align=center}}

For me this works.

Edit: Or you can try to change the default setting:

decoration={text along path, 
text format delimiters={<}{>},
text={<\large>this is a text}, text align={align=center}}

For me, that one works as well.

edited Jul 22 '15 at 12:13

answered Jul 22 '15 at 11:59

Rafał

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Interesting. Why? – daleif Jul 22 '15 at 11:59
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Nope, for me it doesn't, sorry... – tnorgd Jul 22 '15 at 12:09
@tnorgd have you considered installing TeX Live 2015 instead. Might be because of a newer version. – daleif Jul 22 '15 at 12:18
How can you redefine the path over all tikz objects, so you don't have to manually enlarge? – user1603472 Oct 21 '16 at 09:30
This actually works, where in the manual is it explained the use of the vertrical bars to specify font size in this decorator? Did you look at the code? Thanks – Pablo Adames Oct 27 '20 at 00:51
I looked it up, page 657 of the TikZ and PGF manual version 3.1.6a has an example. – Pablo Adames Oct 27 '20 at 00:58
First: thanks!
But isn't there nothing nicer, than such a special syntax |...|? I wonder why there is no key like decorate options={font=\Large} or similar.... – cis May 03 '23 at 08:31

Changing font size of a text along path

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