Re: shading question

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 10:29 PM 10/31/00 +0100, Denis B. Roegel wrote:
>
>In the following example, the top parts of the circles are
>slightly trimmed, at least when I view them with acroread.
>Is this normal?

This has to do with the fact that graphics that need resources [like
shading] are put in an xform object and such an object always clips. And,
clipping it kind of inaccurate, I have spend many days experimenting with
this and the current implementation is about the best we can get out of it;
think of making sure that only the positive quadrant is used and so. 

The best way out is to slightly enlarge the bbox, so at the end of the
picture say: 

setbounds currentpicture to boundingbox currentpicture enlarged 1bp ; 

or use a value 50% of the linewidth. 

Because overlays are centered, a larger than normal one will still be okay
from the perspective of context, 

Hans

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