[XeTeX] "Options for all fonts" : colo[u]r, and the transparency byte

[Barry MacKichan]

Sorry about the 'spam'. I neglected to scroll my mail window and incorrectly concluded that this point had not been made yet.

--Barry

On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:15 AM, Barry MacKichan wrote:

> In Fontspec.pdf, p. 16:
> 
> Transparency is supported
> by LuaLATEXand by X ELATEX with the xdv2pdf driver (Mac OS X only); X ELATEX with
> the xdvipdfmx driver does not support this feature.
> 
> --Barry
> 
> 
> On Jun 5, 2011, at 8:33 AM, Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote:
> 
>> YES :-)))  Finally it works.  As I am already using TikZ because I also need
>> text-along-a-path, this solution is perfect.  Thank you very much indeed
>> (but of course I would dearly love to know why the documented RGBA
>> specifier for the font colour does not work !).
> 
> 
> 
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