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%%  Example 18-01-4 on page 289.
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\documentclass[]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{129.70511pt}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}

\usepackage{pstricks,pst-text}

\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(-2,-3.25)(2,3.25)
\psset{linestyle=none}
\pstextpath[l](0,0){%
  \pscustom[unit=0.75]{%
    \psarcn(0,2){2}{0}{-90}
    \pspolygon(0,0)(-1.7,0)(-1.7,-3.4)%
	(1.7,-3.4)(1.7,0)(0,0)
    \psarcn(0,2){2}{-90}{0}
  }}{\large $\Rightarrow$Now we just want to write
     some text in the form of quite a large EIGHT,
     but in the right direction.}
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}