Cool - that’s handy to know it works somewhere (and in fact, it was when playing with GT-Inspector I noticed this - so that solution would work).
I’m still curious how you do it in Morphic? Tim On 4 Sep 2014, at 17:10, Alexandre Bergel <alexandre.ber...@me.com> wrote: > Using Roassal, I would do: > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > v := RTView new. > s := RTMultiCompositeShape new. > s add: (RTBox new color: Color red; size: 500). > s add: (RTLabel new height: 70). > v add: (s elementOn: 'Hello World'). > v open > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > <Screen Shot 2014-09-04 at 12.10.14 PM.png> > > Cheers, > Alexandre > > -- > _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: > Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu > ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;. > > > > On Sep 4, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Tim Mackinnon <tim@testit.works> wrote: > >> Hi guys - I’m a bit stumped on how to create things in big text with a set >> background colour. I thought I understood - but it just doesn’t seem to work. >> I was thinking I could create a container morph, set its background colour >> (which works), and then put a StringMorph inside it with a set font. This >> last bit I can’t get to work - I can do bold, but not a bigger font size. >> I’ve tried different things but am missing the magic sauce - can someone >> spot my mistake? Below, I’ve tried using a font name that I can see in the >> Pharo settings dialog but it doesn’t work? I also tried using LogicalFont >> with no success either. >> >> tMorph := StringMorph new. >> font1 := LogicalFont familyName: 'Arial' pointSize: 24. >> >> tMorph contents: 'Hello World'; >> fontName: 'Open Sans' size: 24; >> emphasis: TextEmphasis bold emphasisCode. >> >> bMorph := Morph new >> color: Color red; >> addMorph: tMorph. >> >> bMorph openInWorld. >> >> >> Tim >
