Howto metapost textext set or change basepoint (origin) baseline of text

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Christoph Hintermüller

20 Feb 2020 20 Feb '20

9:15 a.m.

Hi I have the following problem. I convert a eps file using pstoedit into meta post file. When running this file through mptopdf the resulting pdf image is as expected. When i include, using the input command, the file within a startMPcode endMPcode or startMPpage stopMPpage after replacing simple draw <string>... by draw textext(

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Hans Hagen

20 Feb 20 Feb

9:28 a.m.

On 2/20/2020 10:15 AM, Christoph Hintermüller wrote:

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Hi I have the following problem. I convert a eps file using pstoedit into meta post file. When running this file through mptopdf the resulting pdf image is as expected. When i include, using the input command, the file within a startMPcode endMPcode or startMPpage stopMPpage after replacing simple draw <string>... by draw textext(
To mee it seems as textext uses a different basepoint/baseline of the text, than pstoedit assumed. Maybe in additon effects related to differences in fonts may be additional reason.

My questions are What keywords do i have to enter in google or the context garden wiki search box to obtain examples and questions dealing with similar aspects

How do i explicitly set the position of the text origin point within the textbox/lable box used by textext. eg. assume origin point bottom left, left on baseline, center in the middle etc.

What else might i bee missing or having a wrong idea how things are done by netapost/metafun/context in this context? You can append a palcement suffix, like:

textext.dflt you can try: lft rt bot top ulft urt llft lrt d dflt drt origin raw (if instead of an eps export you can use svg that can be an alternative route) Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | www.pragma-ade.nl | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------

Christoph Hintermüller

1:57 p.m.

Hi Hans On Thu, 2020-02-20 at 10:28 +0100, Hans Hagen wrote:

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On 2/20/2020 10:15 AM, Christoph Hintermüller wrote:

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You can append a palcement suffix, like:

textext.dflt

you can try:

lft rt bot top ulft urt llft lrt d dflt drt origin raw

Thank you very much, that was what i missed to properly get when reading manuals.

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(if instead of an eps export you can use svg that can be an alternative route)

Yes i know but i want text inside figure to be typeset by context to be able to use all the cool stuff including math fonts and others offered by context and its packages. And again i was not able to deduce any hint that this magically would happen for SVG directly. What i understood is it will be converted to pdf via cli interface of inkscape and simply included as pdf image. Best Xristoph

Christoph Hintermüller

2:03 p.m.

Hi Hans On Thu, 2020-02-20 at 10:28 +0100, Hans Hagen wrote:

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On 2/20/2020 10:15 AM, Christoph Hintermüller wrote:

You can append a palcement suffix, like:

textext.dflt

you can try:

lft rt bot top ulft urt llft lrt d dflt drt origin raw

Thanks again. textext.origin was the solution i was not able to properly figure Best Xristoph

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