| Re: Q: background of text ? [message #10439] |
Thu, 04 December 1997 00:00 |
Martin Schultz
Messages: 515
Registered: August 1997
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Theo Brauers wrote:
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> Hi
> I am looking for a routine which writes text into a plot
> window (like xyouts) but having additional the additional
> feature of the definition of a background box around the
> text with a specified color. I would like to use it in
> black&white maps where the text sometimes intersects with
> coastlines. At those locations I prefer an invisible
> coastline but visible text.
> Thanks
> Theo
>
you could try the polyfill routine, although it may be that you
cannot produce real white boxes ...
Martin.
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