Am 04.06.2012 um 14:06 schrieb Marcin Borkowski:

Hi,

I'd like to put a few things, placed absolutely on the page. I thought that layers are a good tool, but I can't make them do what I want. Assume that I want to have "Some text" near the top of the page and a huge "X" centered. I did this:

\setuppagenumbering[state=stop]

\setupbackgrounds[page][background=bkg]

\definelayer[bkg][x=0mm,y=0mm,width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] \setlayer[bkg] {\framed[frame=off,width=\paperwidth,height=50mm] {\switchtobodyfont[10mm]\tt Some text}} \setlayer[bkg] {\framed[frame=off,width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] {\switchtobodyfont[240mm]\tt X}}

\starttext

\null

\stoptext

but only one layer appears (the "Some text" one). What am I doing wrong? Is there a better way to do it?

Load a font or move the \setlayer commands after \starttext. \setupbackgrounds[page][background=bkg] \definelayer[bkg][x=0mm,y=0mm,width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight] \setupbodyfont[modern] \setlayerframed[bkg][frame=off,width=\paperwidth,height=50mm]{\definedfont[Mono at 10mm]Some text} \setlayerframed[bkg][frame=off,width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight]{\definedfont[Mono at 240mm]X} \starttext \page[empty] \stoptext Wolfgang

On 2012-06-04 Marcin Borkowski wrote:

I'd like to put a few things, placed absolutely on the page. I thought that layers are a good tool,

They are :)

Assume that I want to have "Some text" near the top of the page and a huge "X" centered.

\setupbodyfont [lmodern] \setuppagenumbering [state=stop] \definefont [bkgfont] [Mono at 240mm] \setupbackgrounds [page] [background=bkg] \definelayer [bkg] \setlayerframed [bkg] [frame=off, height=50mm, width=\paperwidth, foregroundstyle=\ttx] {Some text} \setlayerframed [bkg] [frame=off, width=\paperwidth, foregroundstyle=\bkgfont] {X} \starttext\null \stoptext Since font loading is delayed until \starttext, you need to load a font when you set up your layers. Marco