Reduced size as requested. Moderator please delete original message which was greater than 100k Thanks Keith McKay -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Re: Fwd: Re: text width shadow background Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2023 14:14:38 +0100 From: Keith McKay To: mailing list for ConTeXt users , Henning Hraban Ramm 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 %%%%%%%%%%% \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:

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On 7/8/2023 8:55 AM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:

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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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