We'll get started by creating a basic HTML document and associated files and folders, just like we did in Chapter 1, Designer, Meet jQuery. Inside the HTML document, we'll add a heading, as follows:

<div class="content">
  <header id="ex1">
    <h1>A Tale of Two Cities</h1>
  </header>
</div>

Next, we'll download the ArcText plugin. The plugin is available through a tutorial on the Codrops blog by Tympanus. Head over to http://tympanus.net/codrops/2012/01/24/arctext-js-curving-text-with-css3-and-jquery/ and click on the DOWNLOAD SOURCE button to get the ZIP file.

Unzip the file. Inside the js folder, you'll find the jquery.arctext.js file—copy this file to your own scripts folder.

At the bottom of the HTML file, attach the ArcText plugin, after jQuery but before your own scripts.js file, as follows:

<script src="scripts/jquery.js"><...