[vtkusers] Make text standout against variety of backgrounds(vtkTextActor)

[Dave Partyka]

If you call GetTextProperty on vtkTextActor, the text property has a shadow
option that might help contrast the text better.

http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkTextProperty.html

On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Adam Bruss <abruss at awrcorp.com> wrote:

> Hello fellow VTKUsers,
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> I’m using the vtkTextActor to show 2d text on the screen. Sometimes the
> text is hard to read because the objects in the background are colored close
> to the color of the text. For example red text on top of a red object or
> black text on top of a dark blue object. It would be great if I could give
> text an outline in a different color. This would make it stand out.
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> So my question is what options does VTK have to make text standout against
> a variety of backgrounds?
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> Thanks,
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> Adam
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> Adam Bruss
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