Reduced size as requested.
Moderator please delete original message which was greater than 100k
Thanks
Keith McKay

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Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Re: Fwd: Re: text width shadow background
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2023 14:14:38 +0100
From: Keith McKay <mckaymeister@gmail.com>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>, Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net>


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.

Best Wishes

Keith

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\startMPcode
steps := 30 ; % number of shadow layers
rulesize := BodyFontSize/steps/3;
for step = 1 upto steps:
draw lmt_outline [
text = "\bf\strut #1",
kind = "fillup",
fillcolor = "tshade",
rulethickness = (step*rulesize),
]randomized 3;
endfor;
draw lmt_outline [
text = "\bf\strut #1",
kind = "fillup",
fillcolor = "white",
rulethickness = 0,
];% yshifted (BodyFontSize*2/3); % TODO
\stopMPcode

 

On 08/07/2023 12:07, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
Am 08.07.23 um 11:39 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context:
On 7/8/2023 8:55 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
Please, can you explain why the result of lmt_outline is shifted to the right, if I use it in a macro?

no time now but you can do this instead of the lmt_text:

     draw lmt_outline [
         text = "\bf\strut #1",
         kind = "fillup",
         fillcolor = "white",
         rulethickness = rulesize,
     ];

(maybe spaces creep in due to loading font files / setups or so)

Thank you!
Yes, this works, and with rulethickness=0 it even looks like I wanted it to.

Hraban

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