[texhax] Reversing letter color

[neville holmes]

--- On Wed, 9/5/12, William Adams <will.adams at frycomm.com> wrote:

> From: William Adams <will.adams at frycomm.com>
> Subject: Re: [texhax] Reversing letter color
> To: "neville holmes" <holmeswn at yahoo.com.au>
> Cc: "TeXhax" <texhax at tug.org>
> Received: Wednesday, 9 May, 2012, 12:19 AM
> On May 8, 2012, at 8:05 AM, neville
> holmes wrote:
> 
> > I want to reverse occasional letters or words,
> reversion
> > in the sense of the letter or word being white on a
> black
> > (or dark gray) background.
> > 
> > If you could provide me with a macro to do this, that
> > would be wonderful.
> On May 8, 2012, at 8:05 AM, I wrote:
> 
>> I want to reverse occasional letters or words,
>> reversion in the sense of the letter or word 
>> being white on a black (or dark gray) background.
>> 
>> If you could provide me with a macro to do this,
>> that would be wonderful.
>
> On 9 May, 2012, 12:19 AM, Will Adams wrote:
> 
> Something like this?
> 
> \documentclass{minimal}
> \usepackage{xcolor}
> \newcommand{\reversedtext}[1]{\colorbox[gray]{0}{\textcolor[gray]{1}{#1}}}
> \begin{document}
> \reversedtext{reversed text}
> \end{document}
> 
> 0== black, 1 == white, values in-betwixt for grey tints.
> 
Will,

That's wonderful !!  Works like a charm.

And thanks for the sphinx.  Up till now I've been
using "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs"

Neville

Neville Holmes
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