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%%  Example 18-01-3 on page 289.
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%%  Copyright (C) 2011 Herbert Voss
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\documentclass[]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{129.70511pt}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}

\usepackage{pstricks,pst-text}

\begin{document}
\psset{unit=0.75,linestyle=none}
\begin{pspicture}(-2,-4)(2,4)
\pstextpath[l](0,0){%
  \pscustom{%
    \psarcn(0,2){2}{0}{-90}\psarc(0,-2){2}{90}{0}
    \psarc(0,-2){2}{0}{90}
    \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}