blarsen@spider.uio.no (Bjorn Larsen) (05/02/90)
I am futilely attempting to create white text in Canvas 2.0.
I draw a rectangle, and fill it with black. I write text inside
it, and set the foreground color of the text to white. It looks
great on screen. But when I print it it comes out as one solid, black
rectangle. With black text inside it. Not good.
I *hate* programs that produce different results on screen and on
the printer. Could somebody give me tips/workarounds/comforting words?
In advance thanks,
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Bjorn Larsen University of Oslo, Norway
bl@nuug.no
+47 2 45 35 30ifan572@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) (05/03/90)
In article <BLARSEN.90May2134658@spider.uio.no> bl@nac.no writes: > >I am futilely attempting to create white text in Canvas 2.0. > Try setting the typestyle of the text to outline, and setting the fill for the text object to nil. I haven't tried this with Canvas 2.0, but it works with several other programs.
cca@newton.physics.purdue.edu (Charles C. Allen) (05/03/90)
>> I am futilely attempting to create white text in Canvas 2.0. > Try setting the typestyle of the text to outline, and setting the fill for > the text object to nil. I haven't tried this with Canvas 2.0, but it works > with several other programs. I don't have 2.0 around any more, but in Canvas 2.1 you can do this by selecting the text object and setting: * fill pattern - white * foreground color - black * background color - white Charles Allen Internet: cca@newton.physics.purdue.edu Department of Physics HEPnet: purdnu::allen, fnal::cca Purdue University talknet: 317/494-9776 West Lafayette, IN 47907
lee@quincy.cs.umass.edu (Peter Lee) (05/04/90)
In article <3634@newton.physics.purdue.edu> cca@newton.physics.purdue.edu (Charles C. Allen) writes: From: cca@newton.physics.purdue.edu (Charles C. Allen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Summary: easily done in Canvas 2.1 Date: 3 May 90 04:34:45 GMT References: <BLARSEN.90May2134658@spider.uio.no> <29329@ut-emx.UUCP> Organization: Purdue Univ. Physics Dept, W.Lafayette, IN >> I am futilely attempting to create white text in Canvas 2.0. > Try setting the typestyle of the text to outline, and setting the fill for > the text object to nil. I haven't tried this with Canvas 2.0, but it works > with several other programs. I don't have 2.0 around any more, but in Canvas 2.1 you can do this by selecting the text object and setting: * fill pattern - white * foreground color - black * background color - white Unfortunately, this only works with QuickDraw output devices (like the screen). If you attempt to print the file out on a PostScript printer, you get black text on a white background. Every other attempt I've made to get white text on a black background has printed out a solid black rectangle. In the end, I had to use PageMaker to get the inverted text (I was able to import the rest from Canvas). Note: if you choose the postscript 'display' option, you can get white text on-screen, but it still won't print out that way on the Laserwriter. Canvas is my favorite graphics program for the Mac, and I've been using it since version 1.1, but the inability to print white text on a postscript printer REALLY frustrates me. The inability to emulate other quickdraw features when printing postscript, especially simple bitmaps, also bugs me alot... -- |- Peter E. Lee, Staff Assistant -| | Software Development Lab at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst | | lee@cs.umass.edu or Fuligin@umass.bitnet or (413) 549-6366 | |_ "Putting a Spoke in the Ear of the Unguarded" _|
blarsen@spider.uio.no (Bjorn Larsen) (05/04/90)
Thanks for all the answers I have received on my query. I now have several solutions to my problem. At the time I asked the question I was running the LaserWriter driver version 6.0. I also tried with my old v5.2 driver. I tried printing to all sorts of PS output devices. LaserWriter NTX II, LN03R, LPS-40, even a Linotronic 300. No go. One of the first responses I got was from Kenneth Holden Chang <khcg0492@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> who wrote: > >1) Draw the rectangle. Fill it with black. >2) Write the text. >3) Select the text object. Under the "Object" menu, select the "Object..." >command. Change the Mode to "Bic." >4) Drag the text over the rectangle. If you don't see anything, do a command-F >to bring the text to the front. > I tried it, and it worked ok. It seemed a little silly to use BIC instead of setting the foreground color, but it worked. Then today I got a letter from Rich Irwin <irwin@oscar.ccm.udel.edu> that wrote: > >You will need to use the color laserwriter drivers (6.0.1) to get white on >black output. Use 'print using color' and all should work fine. > So I switched to the 6.0.1 driver, and lo and behold: it worked! So now I have both a workaround and a solution. Thanks to you all! (And thanks to On Location that helped me find the 11 different LaserWriter drivers that are lying around on the campus network and determine which was the newest one.) -- Bjorn Larsen University of Oslo, Norway bl@nuug.no +47 2 45 35 30