At 1:43 -0500 1/12/01, Herman den Hartog wrote: >Hi all, > >I was trying to create a stick-on CD label in NW when I came across >an oddity. I realise NW isn't a graphical app but I only wanted >something simple, so why not? > >Anyway, the idea was just a black or coloured circle (no filling), >on top of that on one side a 40 percent grey rectangle and on top of >that a small red dot followed by the name. > >Sounds stupid perhaps, but in my eyes it doesn't look bad at all and >NW is actually pretty useful here because I can set the margins to >zero and with the left ruler on it's quite easy to position the >whole thing to make it fit nicely in the sheets tear-out. > >I know I can type the text (too bad it won't rotate <g>) on the text >layer, but I tried some on the graphics one. After all, there is a >text tool there... > >Here's the colour weirdness: if I start typing on the graphics layer >before anything else it all goes well and the text turns out black. >However, if I type after first making a light grey rectangle the >text tuns out grey also and I can't change it back to black or >anything else. All the colour-boxes in the tools palette just beep. > >Nothing serious, but still. Is it NW, am I doing something wrong or >am I missing something? > >Have fun, Hermie >hdha at chello dot nl I made the same thing occur. However, by selecting the arrow and then the text, I could use the pen color to change the color of the text. You may have to move some objects to the background to get at the text. -- -- Doug
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