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Overprinting a stroke


jmerrick0657

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I have some text that I need to overprint, however I just need to overprint the stroke. Anyone know how to do this?

 

You might try using a color that is set to Overprint.

 

FusionPro > Advanced > Colors... > (New or Edit) > check the Overprint box. Then, apply the color to your stroke.

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I tried that, I setup two different colors, set one to the text color and one as the stroke color; with just the stroke color set to overprint using this rule:

 

if (Field("Phone") != '')

return '<z newsize="6.3"><setwidth newsize="7"><color name="Text Color"><stroke color="Text Color Overprint" width="25"><i>p</i></stroke><t><z newsize="7">' + Rule("FormatPhone");

else return '';

 

It applied the correct color to the text fill and the correct color to the text stroke, however it set both the fill and the stroke to overprint. However, when I look at other text in the output that has the same fill color, but no stroke it does not overprint.

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It applied the correct color to the text fill and the correct color to the text stroke, however it set both the fill and the stroke to overprint. However, when I look at other text in the output that has the same fill color, but no stroke it does not overprint.

 

I'm able to reproduce this as well.

 

When a stroke is applied to text, it appears that the text color takes on the Overprint setting of the stroke color and not visa versa.

 

Not sure if this is a bug?

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When a stroke is applied to text, it appears that the text color takes on the Overprint setting of the stroke color and not visa versa.

 

Not sure if this is a bug?

I guess that could be considered a bug. Although frankly, I'm not sure what requirement to write the bug against. I don't think that scenario has ever occurred to anyone here, to have text in one color with a stroke in a different color, where those two colors have different Overprint/Knockout settings. It might depend on the output format (PDF, PostScript, etc.).

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I guess that could be considered a bug. Although frankly, I'm not sure what requirement to write the bug against. I don't think that scenario has ever occurred to anyone here, to have text in one color with a stroke in a different color, where those two colors have different Overprint/Knockout settings. It might depend on the output format (PDF, PostScript, etc.).

 

I'd tend to agree. I've never had a need to do something like this in 8+ years of using FusionPro.

 

Maybe the need was to have the fill and stroke be the same color, but only have the stroke overprint? I can't fathom why. Maybe to create a trap? Probably not. Automated trapping software is very common today.

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