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On 5/23/2018 5:50 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:
On 05/22/2018 10:22 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
On 5/22/2018 9:05 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:
Dear list, [...] Is there any way to followtext in q without changing text direction?
I need to write the text counter-clockwise, but on outside of the path.
Reverse changes both text direction and side of the text (related to the path) and I don’t want to change text direction. it will probably always look bad
\startMPcode path p ; p := reverse halfcircle scaled (5cm + 0.5LineHeight); path q ; q := reverse halfcircle rotatedaround (origin, 180) scaled (5cm +1.3LineHeight); draw fullcircle scaled 5cm;; draw followtext(p, "\strut just follow the tokens\enspace") ; draw followtext(reverse q, "\strut just follow the tokens\enspace") ; \stopMPcode
Many thanks for your reply, Hans.
Is there any way to set origin to another value than (0, 0) in MP?
I realize it might sound weird, but it would make things easier in an example that I’m working on. redefining origin is a bad idea (don't expect help if you do that)
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