I want to have a rectangle (box) with a word in it (i.g.
"Headline). And all should be rotated 90°.
Below I found a solution I am quite happy with. How can I
get a little bit more padding around the text in the box?
You can copy the example to http://live.contextgarden.net/
- it is running:
\startuseMPgraphic{rotatedHeadline}
% Text "Headline" in a box which is rotated
draw btex {\strut\tfd Headline} etex;
% rectangle with rounded corners
path p;
p := llcorner currentpicture+(0mm,3mm){down}..{right}llcorner
currentpicture+(3mm,0mm)--
lrcorner currentpicture+(-3mm,0mm){right}..{up}lrcorner
currentpicture+(0mm,3mm)--
urcorner currentpicture+(0mm,-3mm){up}..{left}urcorner
currentpicture+(-3mm,0mm)--
ulcorner currentpicture+(3mm,0mm){left}..{down}ulcorner
currentpicture+(0mm,-3mm)--cycle;
pickup pencircle scaled 0.5pt;
clip currentpicture to p;
draw p;
currentpicture := currentpicture rotated 90;
\stopuseMPgraphic
\starttext
\useMPgraphic{rotatedHeadline}
\stoptext
___________________________________________________________________________________
If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the
Wiki!
maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
wiki : http://contextgarden.net
___________________________________________________________________________________
