[pdftex] Setting text rendering parameter

[Heiko Oberdiek]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 03:41:57PM +0200, Martin Schröder wrote:

> I'm playing with setting the text rendering parameter to outline
> (1 Tr). However this should be encapsulated in a pdf group together
> with setting the stroke width.
> 
> A naive use is
> 
> Hamburgensis
> \pdfsave\pdfliteral page {0.1 w 1 Tr}Hamburgensis\pdfrestore
> Hamburgensis
> 
> But here you will only see two words since \pdfrestore (which gives
> a warning about being misplaced %) also restores the position to the
> start of the second word.
> 
> So how to do it right?

\nopagenumbers

Hamburgensis
\hbox to 0pt{%
  \pdfsave
  \pdfliteral page {0.1 w 1 Tr}Hamburgensis%
  \hss
  \pdfrestore
}%
\hphantom{Hamburgensis}
Hamburgensis

\bye

Yours sincerely
  Heiko <oberdiek at uni-freiburg.de>
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