Shaded large letters in LMTX

Shaded large letters in LMTX

[Keith McKay]

Hi All,

Is it possible to get the fill colour in lmt_outline[] to be shaded 
between two colours like in the lmt_shade[] command? It would be a nice 
effect for large letters or words.

Best Wishes

Keith McKay

Hamilton, Scotland

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Re: Shaded large letters in LMTX

[Hans Hagen]

On 3/2/2021 5:51 PM, Keith McKay wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Is it possible to get the fill colour in lmt_outline[] to be shaded 
> between two colours like in the lmt_shade[] command? It would be a nice 
> effect for large letters or words.
Sometimes the impossible is possible (see effects-001 in test suite)

% see discussion on this list with/by Garulfo

\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) ;

     for i within tt :
         nofill pathpart i;
     endfor ;

     eofill bb withcolor "darkgreen" ; % you need to specify your 
background
     clip currentpicture to bb ;
\stopMPpage

I think I should add that to the metafun manual.

Hans


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Re: Shaded large letters in LMTX

[Keith McKay]

Wow! Just what I envisaged. Thank you so much!

Best Wishes

Keith

On 02/03/2021 17:47, Hans Hagen wrote:
> On 3/2/2021 5:51 PM, Keith McKay wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Is it possible to get the fill colour in lmt_outline[] to be shaded 
>> between two colours like in the lmt_shade[] command? It would be a 
>> nice effect for large letters or words.
> Sometimes the impossible is possible (see effects-001 in test suite)
>
> % see discussion on this list with/by Garulfo
>
> \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) ;
>
>     for i within tt :
>         nofill pathpart i;
>     endfor ;
>
>     eofill bb withcolor "darkgreen" ; % you need to specify your 
> background
>     clip currentpicture to bb ;
> \stopMPpage
>
> I think I should add that to the metafun manual.
>
> Hans
>
>
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Re: Shaded large letters in LMTX

[Garulfo]

yep, was wikified here :
https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Cover_Pages#Empty_or_Transparent_letters
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