[NTG-context] Re: Fwd: Re: how to apply gradient color to a piece of text?

[Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net>]

Am 07.04.24 um 19:05 schrieb Hans Hagen:
> \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

But the intention was to get a gradient _within_ the text.

Might there be a problem with the latest changes to gradients?

Hraban

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