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Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Re: how to apply gradient color to a piece of
text?
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 19:05:13 +0200
From: Hans Hagen <j.ha...@xs4all.nl>
To: Keith McKay <mckaymeis...@gmail.com>
On 4/7/2024 6:56 PM, Keith McKay wrote:
Not for me either. I used it somewhere so I'll need to look back in my
files.
\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) ;
draw tt withcolor green ;
\stopMPpage
no need to loop over tt
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