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Curved & Polygon Text (For Layouts) QGIS 4 compatibility
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Yes — Curved & Polygon Text (For Layouts) supports QGIS 4 (declared max version 4.99.0).
Adds advanced Curved Spline Text and Polygon Text Box items to the QGIS Layout Designer, complete with HTML rendering, drop shadows, and full formatting control.
About
Bridges a feature gap in the QGIS Print Layout engine by introducing two new layout item types: * Curved Spline Text -- flows rich/HTML text along an editable, draggable editable cubic Bezier curve instead of a straight baseline. * Polygon Shaped Text Box -- wraps rich/HTML text to fit exactly inside an editable, draggable closed polygon outline with straight or cubic Bezier edges instead of a rectangle. Both items support "Allow HTML Formatting" rich text (bold, italic, colour spans, etc.) and automatic evaluation of QGIS expressions written as [% ... %], exactly like the native Add Label item. Requires QGIS 3.44 or later. The same codebase supports QGIS 3.44 LTR (PyQt5/Qt5) and QGIS 4.x (PyQt6/Qt6).
| Author | Jani Maps |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 803 |
| Latest version | 1.0.2 |
| Last updated | 2026-09-19 (26 days ago) |
| Min QGIS | 3.44.0 |
| Max QGIS | 4.99.0 |
| QGIS 4 ready | Yes |
| Maintenance | Active |
| Category | Cartography & layout |
| Tags | text, layout, expression, html, curved text, cartography, atlas, spline, path text, polygon text, node editing, typography, print layout |
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