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<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">

  <defs>

    <path id="path1" d="M100 100 h 300"/>

    <!-- path2 is drawn in the same place but the opposite direction to path1

         so using it should give the same result as side="right" -->

    <path id="path2" d="M400 100 h -300"/>

  </defs>

  <rect fill="lime" width="100%" height="100%"/>

  <text font-size="30" fill="red">

    <textPath side="right" href="#path1">Text on a path.</textPath>

  </text>

  <text font-size="30" fill="lime" stroke="lime" stroke-width="4">

    <textPath href="#path2">Text on a path.</textPath>

  </text>

  <text transform="translate(0, 50)" font-size="30" fill="red">

    <textPath href="#path2">Text on a path.</textPath>

  </text>

  <text transform="translate(0, 50)" font-size="30" fill="lime" stroke="lime" stroke-width="4">

    <textPath side="right" href="#path1">Text on a path.</textPath>

  </text>

  <text transform="translate(0, 100)" font-size="30" fill="red">

    <textPath href="#path2">Text on a path.</textPath>

  </text>

  <text transform="translate(0, 100)" font-size="30" fill="lime" stroke="lime" stroke-width="4">

    <textPath href="#path1">Text on a path.

      <set attributeName="side" to="right"/>

    </textPath>

  </text>

  <text transform="translate(0, 150)" font-size="30" fill="red">

    <textPath href="#path1">Text on a path.</textPath>

  </text>

  <text transform="translate(0, 150)" font-size="30" fill="lime" stroke="lime" stroke-width="4">

    <textPath side="left" href="#path1">Text on a path.</textPath>

  </text>

</svg>