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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...


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