From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/87231 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: [Metapost] Using mkIV and metapost to produce SVG Date: Tue, 06 May 2014 13:15:41 +0200 Message-ID: <5368C45D.2040504@wxs.nl> References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1399392701 23353 80.91.229.3 (6 May 2014 16:11:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 16:11:41 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue May 06 18:11:37 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([5.39.185.229]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WhhqS-0005Yv-RR for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 06 May 2014 18:03:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25D4110259 for ; Tue, 6 May 2014 13:16:03 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 8PdX34PmDvaT for ; Tue, 6 May 2014 13:16:03 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D047E101EE for ; Tue, 6 May 2014 13:15:58 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E8D0101E7 for ; Tue, 6 May 2014 13:15:54 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id ZEJVHLmjd9yf for ; Tue, 6 May 2014 13:15:52 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (filter2-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.70]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D52FC101E2 for ; Tue, 6 May 2014 13:15:43 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from smtp.ziggozakelijk.nl (D57D1DA2.static.ziggozakelijk.nl [213.125.29.162]) by filter2-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id s46BFh5b023876 for ; Tue, 6 May 2014 13:15:43 +0200 X-Default-Received-SPF: pass (skip=loggedin (res=PASS)) x-ip-name=10.100.1.103; Original-Received: from [10.100.1.103] (unverified [10.100.1.103]) by pragma-net.nl (SurgeMail 6.5a2) with ESMTP id 608-1713362 for ; Tue, 06 May 2014 13:15:41 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 In-Reply-To: X-Authenticated-User: hagen@controller-9 X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: ntg-context@ntg.nl, base:default, @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=213.125.29.162; country=NL; region=Provincie Overijssel; city=Zwolle; latitude=52.5058; longitude=6.0858; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.5058,6.0858&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0QLWzfHgG - a53f03a76ae6 - 20140506 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.70 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:87231 Archived-At: On 5/5/2014 1:54 PM, ralf.waldvogel@pta.de wrote: > Dear all, > > I would like to produce an svg file from a Metapost input file using > some of ConTeXt's typesetting features (esp. using System OTF Fonts) > using something like: > > \startbuffer[buffer:dummy] > \start > \startcolor[white] > \framed[align=middle,width=28mm,frame=off] > { > \SansBodyBold % Font definition done earlier > Test to \par > rendered \par > } > \stopcolor > \stop > \stopbuffer > > % .... > > > \startuniqueMPgraphic{mp:margin} > picture text; > text := btex \getbuffer[buffer:dummy] etex; > draw text shifted(-11.8mm,-4.8mm ); > > % Some more fancy drawing her > \stopuniqueMPgraphic > > Can I render that with MetaPost to SVG? no > Is it possible to render text as paths not as referenced glyphs in > MetaPost/ConTexT? no, unless you use the graphic text features > > Unfortunately I have to stick to SVG as the resulting output format. > Converting from PDF to SVG is not an option at the moment due a) > performance considerations and b) trouble with generated font names in > the resulting ConTeXt PDF file (inkscape as well as pdf2svg produce real > strange results). performance should not really be an issue as one can cache what strange results? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl ----------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________