[reportlab-users] outline chars

[R. Bastian]

On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 11:28:21 -0700
Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> scribit:


> R. Bastian wrote:

> > Please, how can I write outlined chars ?

> >

> > (outline of chars in blue and filled with green)

> 

> Postscript has the concepts of "stroke" and "fill".  Edges are stroked,

> and interiors are filled.  This is why Reportlab has two different

> colors (stroke and fill).

> 

> The same concept applies to text, but because outlining is not usually

> what you want, the default is only to use "fill" with text.  You can

> override that when you draw the string.  If you are using a textobject,

> you use setTextRenderMode.  0 means fill only, 1 means stroke only, 2

> means fill then stroke.

> 

> So:

>     cv.setFillColor( (0,1,0) ) # fill with green

>     cv.setStrokeColor( (0,0,1) ) # stroke with blue

>     cv.setFont( 'Bookman-Bold', 36 )

>     cv.drawString( 100, 100, 'Outline', mode=2 )


... and cv.setLineWidth(2.5)
to set the width of the stroke.

Thanks, Tim.


> 

> -- 

> Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com

> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

> 

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