Text on a path

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  Author : Simon-Pierre Boucher
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  File   : snippets/text/text-on-path.html
  Desc   : Text sliding along a curved path with animated startOffset
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<div class="sg-text-on-path" style="--sg-color:#7F77DD; --sg-size:300px;">
  <svg viewBox="0 0 300 90" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false">
    <defs>
      <path id="sg-text-on-path-curve" d="M8 55 C 60 15, 110 85, 160 50 C 205 20, 250 70, 292 45" />
    </defs>
    <use href="#sg-text-on-path-curve" class="sg-text-on-path-rail" />
    <text class="sg-text-on-path-text">
      <textPath href="#sg-text-on-path-curve" startOffset="-60%">
        surfing along the bézier wave…
        <animate attributeName="startOffset" from="-60%" to="110%" dur="7s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
      </textPath>
    </text>
  </svg>
</div>
<style>
  .sg-text-on-path {
    width: var(--sg-size);
  }
  .sg-text-on-path svg {
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
  }
  .sg-text-on-path-rail {
    fill: none;
    stroke: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.35);
    stroke-width: 1.5;
    stroke-dasharray: 4 5;
  }
  .sg-text-on-path-text {
    font-family: inherit;
    font-size: 15px;
    font-weight: 600;
    fill: var(--sg-color);
  }
</style>