``Extra'' outline for makempy fonts

``Extra'' outline for makempy fonts

[Marc van Dongen]

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Hi there,

If you use makempy and metapost then the
following may be of interest.

As a matter of fact it is pretty obvious but
it took me some time to realise that it can
be achieved easily.

If you wish to have additional outlines for
``makempy'' fonts, just draw the text several
times as in:

  graphictext( "C" )
    scaled 8.8
    withdrawcolor black
    withfillcolor red
    withpen pencircle scaled 16pt
  ;
  graphictext( "C" )
    scaled 8.8
    withdrawcolor white
    withfillcolor red
    withpen pencircle scaled 10pt
  ;

This will give you a cool red C with a white and
black outline.

It may not work as great for all characters but for
some it certainly does. See 16K attachment for an
example that I am still working on. The puzzle part
was nicked from Hans.

Regards,

Marc van Dongen

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Re: ``Extra'' outline for makempy fonts

[Hans Hagen]

At 02:21 PM 5/19/01 +0100, Marc van Dongen wrote:

>It may not work as great for all characters but for
>some it certainly does. See 16K attachment for an
>example that I am still working on. The puzzle part
>was nicked from Hans.

This looks great !

Hans
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