Red output means therion thinks the symbol is undefined. In this case you should correct your syntax and enter u:fault or u -subtype fault for a definition like def l_u_fault Bruce
-----Original Message----- From: therion-bounces at speleo.sk [mailto:therion-boun...@speleo.sk] On Behalf Of Christian RöÃler Sent: Monday, 9 May 2016 10:49 a.m. To: List for Therion users Subject: Re: [Therion] Line label: Line printable? Are walls printable asdotted/dashed lines? Am Montag, 9. Mai 2016, 00:36:39 schrieb Christian RöÃler: >>> - I would like sometimes to draw an Erzgang (ore load? lode? mineral >>> vein?) into a mine survey. The line type Label (Beschriftung) would > thanks, then I know I haven't overlooked something in the interface. I > searched and found the Example 'l_u_fault' on bottom > http://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/doku.php?id=metapost, which I should be > able to 'misuse'. > > But it dows not yield a dashed line (which would be perfect), but a > thick, red line in the pdf output. This does not seem to be a problem > of the matepost code snippet, as the strata example above (second from > bottom) yields the same red line. sorry, I forgot: Is this the correct way to access this metapost modfification: I choose 'line', 'u', type 'u', options: "-subtype l_u_fault"? (see attached screen shot) Thanks again, and best regards, Christian