[metapost] Beginners question

[Laurence.Finston at gmx.net]

> Then, in a label command, you just have to use the control sequence \it, e.g.,

Another typo.  `\it' should have been deleted.

> Gesendet: Dienstag, 12. September 2023 um 15:22 Uhr
> Von: Laurence.Finston at gmx.net
> An: "Patrick Gundlach" <patrick at gundla.ch>
> Betreff: Aw: [metapost] Beginners question
>
> In your example, you use a low-level command.  Normally, one uses `label' or `dotlabel' to include text in a MetaPost file and this is what I'd recommend.
>
> If you're using TeX for the typesetting, you can define any PostScript font for which the necessary files are available (.tfm and .pfb).  In a "normal" TeX installation, e.g., TeXLive or MikTeX, this will certainly be the case for the computer fonts and the standard PostScript fonts.
>
> You can access any font you want using `verbatimtex', e.g.,
>
> verbatimtex \font\largeit=cmbxti10 scaled \magstep3 etex;
>
> Then, in a label command, you just have to use the control sequence \it, e.g.,
>
> label(btex {\largeit Abc} etex, (0, 0));
>
> You can put as many font definitions or other TeX code as you want (within reason) in the `verbatimtex' command.
>
> If you don't use any macros, cmr10 is the default (if you're using TeX).
>
> If you're using, say, Times-Roman as your font, and/or if you're using `troff' or something else for the typesetting, you'll have to check the manual or someone else will have to answer, because I never do either of these things.  I have used Times-Roman or some other standard PostScript font in the past, though.
>
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 12. September 2023 um 11:08 Uhr
> > Von: "Patrick Gundlach" <patrick at gundla.ch>
> > An: metapost at tug.org
> > Betreff: [metapost] Beginners question
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I try to define a user interface such as:
> >
> > draw "some text" infont "myfontfamily" withstyle "bold";
> >
> > where infant ... and withstyle ... are optional ( and the defaults should be "text" and "regular").
> >
> > (How) Is it possible to achieve this?
> >
> > Is it advisable do to so? Or should I rather create an interface such as
> >
> > draw text ("some text", "myfontfamily", "bold")?
> >
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> >
> >
> >
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