Hi Jan,

Am 05.04.2014 15:48, schrieb Jan Heinen:
> \startuseMPgraphic{rotatedHeadline}
> % Text "Headline" in a box which is rotated
> draw btex {\strut\tfd Headline} etex;

setbounds currentpicture to boundingbox currentpicture enlarged 2mm;

The following code is based on the boundingbox, so just make it bigger
beforehand.

> 
> % rectangle with rounded corners
> path p;
> p := llcorner currentpicture+(0mm,3mm){down}..{right}llcorner
> currentpicture+(3mm,0mm)--
> lrcorner currentpicture+(-3mm,0mm){right}..{up}lrcorner
> currentpicture+(0mm,3mm)--
> urcorner currentpicture+(0mm,-3mm){up}..{left}urcorner
> currentpicture+(-3mm,0mm)--
> ulcorner currentpicture+(3mm,0mm){left}..{down}ulcorner
> currentpicture+(0mm,-3mm)--cycle;
> pickup pencircle scaled 0.5pt;
> clip currentpicture to p;
> draw p;
> currentpicture := currentpicture rotated 90;
> \stopuseMPgraphic
> 
> 
> \starttext
> \useMPgraphic{rotatedHeadline}
> \stoptext

Best wishes,  Peter
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