Re: [NTG-context] Shaded large letters in LMTX

2 Mar 2021

      On 3/2/2021 5:51 PM, Keith McKay wrote:
...
Hi All,
Is it possible to get the fill colour in lmt_outline[] to be shaded 
between two colours like in the lmt_shade[] command? It would be a nice 
effect for large letters or words.
Sometimes the impossible is possible (see effects-001 in test suite)
% see discussion on this list with/by Garulfo

\startMPpage
     picture tt ; tt := lmt_outline [
         kind = "fillup",
         text = "\definedfont[name:texgyrepagellabold*default]foo f o o",
     ] xsized 12cm ;

     path bb ; bb := boundingbox tt ;

     path pp ; pp := bb enlarged 2cm ;

     fill pp
        withshademethod "linear"
        withshadedirection down
        withshadecolors (red, blue) ;

     for i within tt :
         nofill pathpart i;
     endfor ;

     eofill bb withcolor "darkgreen" ; % you need to specify your 
background
     clip currentpicture to bb ;
\stopMPpage

I think I should add that to the metafun manual.

Hans

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