Re: drop shadow

Re: drop shadow

[Hans Hagen]

On 9/7/2018 2:52 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
> Hi Hans,
> here's my drop shadow experiment.
> 
> The first output is good enough, but I'd like the shadow to adapt
> automatically to the current font size. I guess you know how to do that...
> 
> Even better would be some kind of drop shadow that follows arbitrary
> shapes, maybe even letters (like drop shadows e.g. in InDesign do).
\startuniqueMPgraphic{mpnewshadow}{offset}
   MyOffset := \MPvar{offset} ;
   ...
   ... OverlayWidth ...


\defineoverlay[newshadow][\uniqueMPgraphic{mpnewshadow}{offset=.3em}]

you use unique graphics ... so you need to make sure that offset is part 
of the uniqueness

Hans



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