Re: [NTG-context] Howto metapost textext set or change basepoint (origin) baseline of text

On 2/20/2020 10:15 AM, Christoph Hintermüller wrote:

Hi I have the following problem. I convert a eps file using pstoedit into meta post file. When running this file through mptopdf the resulting pdf image is as expected. When i include, using the input command, the file within a startMPcode endMPcode or startMPpage stopMPpage after replacing simple draw <string>... by draw textext(

To mee it seems as textext uses a different basepoint/baseline of the text, than pstoedit assumed. Maybe in additon effects related to differences in fonts may be additional reason.

My questions are What keywords do i have to enter in google or the context garden wiki search box to obtain examples and questions dealing with similar aspects

How do i explicitly set the position of the text origin point within the textbox/lable box used by textext. eg. assume origin point bottom left, left on baseline, center in the middle etc.

What else might i bee missing or having a wrong idea how things are done by netapost/metafun/context in this context? You can append a palcement suffix, like:

textext.dflt you can try: lft rt bot top ulft urt llft lrt d dflt drt origin raw (if instead of an eps export you can use svg that can be an alternative route) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------