Drop shadows
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So you’d like to have one of these nice drop shadows behind some object? Here’s a piece of code to play with:
\startuniqueMPgraphic{mpshadow} % these values are good for small text boxes ox := 0 ; % offset x oy := 0 ; % offset y bx := 10 ; % bleed x by := 0 ; % bleed y rx := 5 ; % corner radius x ry := 5 ; % corner radius y for dx = 0 upto 10: % use more iterations for bigger boxes dy := dx ; xa := dx + ox - bx/2; xb := \overlaywidth - dx + ox + bx/2; ya := dy + oy - by/2; yb := \overlayheight - dy + oy + by/2; % rounded rectangle fill (xa, ya + ry)--- (xa, yb - ry).. (xa + rx, yb)--- (xb - rx, yb).. (xb, yb - ry)--- (xb, ya + ry).. (xb - rx, ya)--- (xa + rx, ya)..cycle withcolor transparent(1, .04, black) ; endfor; setbounds currentpicture to OverlayBox ; \stopuniqueMPgraphic \defineoverlay[shadow][\useMPgraphic{mpshadow}] \inframed[frame=off,background=shadow,foregroundcolor=white]{\bfa This text box has a shadow.}