I've found my original file and the image is as Hraban says below. The
code is the original in the post I quoted and gives a green background
with shaded colours in the text.
Best Wishes
Keith
On 07/04/2024 18:42, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
Am 07.04.24 um 19:05 schrieb Hans Hagen:
\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) ;
draw tt withcolor green ;
\stopMPpage
no need to loop over tt
But the intention was to get a gradient _within_ the text.
Might there be a problem with the latest changes to gradients?
Hraban
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