com.aspose.words

Example:

public void insertTextPaths() throws Exception {
    Document doc = new Document();

    // Insert a WordArt object and capture the shape that contains it in a variable
    Shape shape = appendWordArt(doc, "Bold & Italic", "Arial", 240.0, 24.0, Color.WHITE, Color.BLACK, ShapeType.TEXT_PLAIN_TEXT);

    // View and verify various text formatting settings
    shape.getTextPath().setBold(true);
    shape.getTextPath().setItalic(true);

    Assert.assertFalse(shape.getTextPath().getUnderline());
    Assert.assertFalse(shape.getTextPath().getShadow());
    Assert.assertFalse(shape.getTextPath().getStrikeThrough());
    Assert.assertFalse(shape.getTextPath().getReverseRows());
    Assert.assertFalse(shape.getTextPath().getXScale());
    Assert.assertFalse(shape.getTextPath().getTrim());
    Assert.assertFalse(shape.getTextPath().getSmallCaps());

    Assert.assertEquals(shape.getTextPath().getSize(), 36.0);
    Assert.assertEquals(shape.getTextPath().getText(), "Bold & Italic");
    Assert.assertEquals(shape.getShapeType(), ShapeType.TEXT_PLAIN_TEXT);

    // Toggle whether or not to display text
    shape = appendWordArt(doc, "On set to true", "Calibri", 150.0, 24.0, Color.YELLOW, Color.RED, ShapeType.TEXT_PLAIN_TEXT);
    shape.getTextPath().setOn(true);

    shape = appendWordArt(doc, "On set to false", "Calibri", 150.0, 24.0, Color.YELLOW, Color.RED, ShapeType.TEXT_PLAIN_TEXT);
    shape.getTextPath().setOn(false);

    // Apply kerning
    shape = appendWordArt(doc, "Kerning: VAV", "Times New Roman", 90.0, 24.0, Color.ORANGE, Color.RED, ShapeType.TEXT_PLAIN_TEXT);
    shape.getTextPath().setKerning(true);

    shape = appendWordArt(doc, "No kerning: VAV", "Times New Roman", 100.0, 24.0, Color.ORANGE, Color.RED, ShapeType.TEXT_PLAIN_TEXT);
    shape.getTextPath().setKerning(false);

    // Apply custom spacing, on a scale from 0.0 (none) to 1.0 (default)
    shape = appendWordArt(doc, "Spacing set to 0.1", "Calibri", 120.0, 24.0, Color.BLUE, Color.BLUE, ShapeType.TEXT_CASCADE_DOWN);
    shape.getTextPath().setSpacing(0.1);

    // Rotate letters 90 degrees to the left, text is still laid out horizontally
    shape = appendWordArt(doc, "RotateLetters", "Calibri", 200.0, 36.0, Color.YELLOW, Color.GREEN, ShapeType.TEXT_WAVE);
    shape.getTextPath().setRotateLetters(true);

    // Set the x-height to equal the cap height
    shape = appendWordArt(doc, "Same character height for lower and UPPER case", "Calibri", 300.0, 24.0, Color.BLUE, Color.BLUE, ShapeType.TEXT_SLANT_UP);
    shape.getTextPath().setSameLetterHeights(true);

    // By default, the size of the text will scale to always fit the size of the containing shape, overriding the text size setting
    shape = appendWordArt(doc, "FitShape on", "Calibri", 160.0, 24.0, Color.BLUE, Color.BLUE, ShapeType.TEXT_PLAIN_TEXT);
    Assert.assertTrue(shape.getTextPath().getFitShape());
    shape.getTextPath().setSize(24.0);

    // If we set FitShape to false, the size of the text will defy the shape bounds and always keep the size value we set below
    // We can also set TextPathAlignment to align the text
    shape = appendWordArt(doc, "FitShape off", "Calibri", 160.0, 24.0, Color.BLUE, Color.BLUE, ShapeType.TEXT_PLAIN_TEXT);
    shape.getTextPath().setFitShape(false);
    shape.getTextPath().setSize(24.0);
    shape.getTextPath().setTextPathAlignment(TextPathAlignment.RIGHT);

    doc.save(getArtifactsDir() + "Shape.InsertTextPaths.docx");
}

/// <summary>
/// Insert a new paragraph with a WordArt shape inside it.
/// </summary>
private Shape appendWordArt(Document doc, String text, String textFontFamily, double shapeWidth, double shapeHeight, Color wordArtFill, Color line, int wordArtShapeType) throws Exception {
    // Insert a new paragraph
    Paragraph para = (Paragraph) doc.getFirstSection().getBody().appendChild(new Paragraph(doc));

    // Create an inline Shape, which will serve as a container for our WordArt, and append it to the paragraph
    // The shape can only be a valid WordArt shape if the ShapeType assigned here is a WordArt-designated ShapeType
    // These types will have "WordArt object" in the description and their enumerator names will start with "Text..."
    Shape shape = new Shape(doc, wordArtShapeType);
    shape.setWrapType(WrapType.INLINE);
    para.appendChild(shape);

    // Set the shape's width and height
    shape.setWidth(shapeWidth);
    shape.setHeight(shapeHeight);

    // These color settings will apply to the letters of the displayed WordArt text
    shape.setFillColor(wordArtFill);
    shape.setStrokeColor(line);

    // The WordArt object is accessed here, and we will set the text and font like this
    shape.getTextPath().setText(text);
    shape.getTextPath().setFontFamily(textFontFamily);

    return shape;
}