From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/77428 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jan Kula Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: glyph outlines Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:40:57 +0200 Message-ID: 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: dough.gmane.org 1342636883 31043 80.91.229.3 (18 Jul 2012 18:41:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:41:23 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Jul 18 20:41:23 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SrZBZ-0006pP-3d for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:41:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B45A1027B; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:41:20 +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 wVf24vuhuRxA; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:41:18 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF2B11022F; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:41:17 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6227E1022F for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:41:17 +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 qTkzoVsoyP4o for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:41:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter2-til.mf.surf.net (filter2-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.218]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9780B1020A for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:41:16 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) by filter2-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id q6IIfBNM025891 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:41:15 +0200 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SrZBN-0006W0-Vd for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:41:09 +0200 Original-Received: from 109.80.130.156 ([109.80.130.156]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:41:09 +0200 Original-Received: from jano.kula by 109.80.130.156 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:41:09 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 49 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 109.80.130.156 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120430 Thunderbird/12.0.1 In-Reply-To: X-Bayes-Prob: 0.1095 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=80.91.229.3; country=NO; latitude=62.0000; longitude=10.0000; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=62.0000,10.0000&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0THzSFcLF - d3b90dcf5bf7 - 20120718 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.218 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:77428 Archived-At: Hello to everybody, On 07/09/2012 10:00 AM, Jan Kula wrote: > how to draw character outlines for plotter to cut the letters out of the > plate in mkiv? mmakempy.pdf is over 10 years old, so the situation could > change since then. > > Anyway, even if I stick to the above method, the minimal example > > \starttext > \startMPcode > graphictext "Test"; > \stopMPcode > \stoptext > > doesn't work as expected in mkiv. *.mpy file is empty. > > In mkii error is issued during the run. Ignoring it finally produces the > outlines, so it seems, everything needed is available (gs, pdftops, > pstoedit). Anyway, mkiv way is preferred. Here is the mkiv answer: % define the spot color for the plotter \definecolor[CutContour][c=0,m=1,y=0,k=0] \definespotcolor[Contour][CutContour][p=1] % here is the outline feature \defineeffect[outline][alternative=outer,rulethickness=.25pt] \starttext \startcolor[Contour] \definedfont[Serif at 50pt] \starteffect[outline] And here is the magic. \stopeffect \stopcolor \stoptext In this case CutContour is the name of the spot color, which is usually used in the industry. Anyway, the plotter can require different spot color name, or sometimes you can assign the color to be cut off the plate in the plotter software. Consult at your printing house :) Jano ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________