Hraban (and others),

You got me thinking so I added this code to end of your code as a bit of fun. It's code from the luametafun manual to which I added two and a half lines.

Best Wishes

Keith

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\startMPcode
vardef tst (expr x, y, i, n) =
definecolor [ name = "MyColor1", r = uniformdeviate(1), g = uniformdeviate(1), b = uniformdeviate(1) ] ;
definecolor [ name = "MyColor2", r = uniformdeviate(1), g = uniformdeviate(1), b = uniformdeviate(1) ] ;
draw lmt_outline [
        text = "Ein",
        kind = "both",
        fillcolor = "MyColor1",
        drawcolor = "MyColor2",
        rulethickness = 1/2,
    ]ysized (30+5*i/n) shifted (10x,10y) rotatedaround(origin,uniformdeviate(360));
enddef ;
draw lmt_poisson [
width = 20,
height = 20,
distance = 1,
count = 20,
macro = "tst"
arguments = 4,
] xsized 6cm ;
\stopMPcode

On 08/07/2023 15:28, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:

Am 08.07.23 um 15:14 schrieb Keith McKay:

I played about with the number of shadow layers and added a wee bit randomness which gave a nice effect. See the code below and the attached png.

Good idea, makes sense for big text – my captions are only 8pt, there 10 layers are already a lot, and the randomness doesn’t make a difference.

For titles, it would be nice to apply lmt_poisson to arbitrary paths.

I wonder what’s possible if we don’t _draw_ lmt_outline but use it as a base for more fun…

Hraban
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