[XeTeX] transparency and fontspec

[Fr. Michael Gilmary]

� wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> some months ago, a member of the ConTeXt list explained how to achieve
> font transparency in ConTeXt using the XeTeX engine
> (http://tug.org/pipermail/xetex/2009-January/011919.html).
>
> I guess that ConTeXt uses the PDF transparency property, but it is only
> a guess, since I don't have the technical knowledge to understand the
> ConTeXt source files.
>
> I wonder whether a new \transparency command could be added to fontspec,
> so that it could be applied to texts and maybe even to images.

Hi Pablo:

I don't know if anyone has yet answered you question ... but I found the 
attached file from a while ago on this list (I think). It uses fontspec 
for the font and I'm sure you can figure out how to use TikZ for image 
transparency, too (I don't use it myself).

Hope that helps.


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fr. michael gilmary, mma

Most Holy Trinity Monastery
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