[NTG-context] Re: Is there a way to apply withpattern to text, like fillcolor in lmt_outline[].

[Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

On 8/28/2024 10:05 AM, ai2472206007@yeah.net wrote:
> hi ,
> Is there a way to apply withpattern to text, like fillcolor in lmt_outline[].
> 
> what I envisaged:
> https://imgse.com/i/pAAkfjf
> 
> I've found someone who has asked a similar question,
> just a combination of the two functions : lmt_outline[] and  lmt_shade[] in that question.
> 
> question from
> https://mailman.ntg.nl/archives/list/ntg-context@ntg.nl/thread/D5GBGF3RXN75UGZVHX6LDY7LXGGZKMHR/#7JS33W44JDJM355TDDPY5L4R7FJQ6QLZ
> 
> However, this example didn't work successfully on the Mac,
> it just showed a background color block.
\starttext

\startMPpage
      path tt ; tt := lmt_outline [
          kind = "outline",
          text = "\definedfont[name:texgyrepagellabold*default]foo f o o",
      ] xsized 12cm ;

   %  fill tt
   %     withshademethod "linear"
   %     withshadedirection down
   %     withshadecolors (red, blue) ;

      draw tt
         withpattern image (fill fullcircle scaled 5mm withcolor 
"darkgreen" ;)
         withpatternscale (1/200,1/40) ;

\stopMPpage

\stoptext


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