Re: [NTG-context] Shaded large letters in LMTX
yep, was wikified here : https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Cover_Pages#Empty_or_Transparent_letters ___ 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://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Shaded large letters in LMTX
Wow! Just what I envisaged. Thank you so much! Best Wishes Keith On 02/03/2021 17:47, Hans Hagen wrote: On 3/2/2021 5:51 PM, Keith McKay wrote: Hi All, Is it possible to get the fill colour in lmt_outline[] to be shaded between two colours like in the lmt_shade[] command? It would be a nice effect for large letters or words. Sometimes the impossible is possible (see effects-001 in test suite) % see discussion on this list with/by Garulfo \startMPpage picture tt ; tt := lmt_outline [ kind = "fillup", text = "\definedfont[name:texgyrepagellabold*default]foo f o o", ] xsized 12cm ; path bb ; bb := boundingbox tt ; path pp ; pp := bb enlarged 2cm ; fill pp withshademethod "linear" withshadedirection down withshadecolors (red, blue) ; for i within tt : nofill pathpart i; endfor ; eofill bb withcolor "darkgreen" ; % you need to specify your background clip currentpicture to bb ; \stopMPpage I think I should add that to the metafun manual. Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ 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://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Shaded large letters in LMTX
On 3/2/2021 5:51 PM, Keith McKay wrote: Hi All, Is it possible to get the fill colour in lmt_outline[] to be shaded between two colours like in the lmt_shade[] command? It would be a nice effect for large letters or words. Sometimes the impossible is possible (see effects-001 in test suite) % see discussion on this list with/by Garulfo \startMPpage picture tt ; tt := lmt_outline [ kind = "fillup", text = "\definedfont[name:texgyrepagellabold*default]foo f o o", ] xsized 12cm ; path bb ; bb := boundingbox tt ; path pp ; pp := bb enlarged 2cm ; fill pp withshademethod "linear" withshadedirection down withshadecolors (red, blue) ; for i within tt : nofill pathpart i; endfor ; eofill bb withcolor "darkgreen" ; % you need to specify your background clip currentpicture to bb ; \stopMPpage I think I should add that to the metafun manual. Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ 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://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
[NTG-context] Shaded large letters in LMTX
Hi All, Is it possible to get the fill colour in lmt_outline[] to be shaded between two colours like in the lmt_shade[] command? It would be a nice effect for large letters or words. Best Wishes Keith McKay Hamilton, Scotland ___ 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://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
