On Mon, 18 Jul 2016 11:59:42 -0400
Pavneet Arora wrote:
> Would anyone have a template on how to create a comic book “Ka-Pow”
> effect (or something similar) as per:
>
> http://thumb101.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/752857/180152483/stock-vector-ka-pow-comic-speech-bubble-cartoon-180152483.jpg
>
> I would like to use it for one of my slides for my talk at TUG 2016.
\startreusableMPgraphic{star}
fill dir(90)--dir(-60)--dir(150)--dir(30)--dir(-120)--cycle
xscaled \overlaywidth yscaled \overlayheight
scaled 3/4
withcolor \MPcolor{\overlaycolor} ;
\stopreusableMPgraphic
\defineoverlay [star] [\reuseMPgraphic{star}]
\starttext
\startframed
[frame=off,background=star,backgroundcolor=lightgray,align=text] Wow\\
a star!
\stopframed
\stoptext
You get the idea... (but keep in mind Edward Tufte's Phluff factor).
Alan
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