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Question about text effect in Conky

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Hello everyone,

Some months ago a forum user posted a screenshot of their Minimalis, and I noted how sharp and clear their text was.

The user ended up giving me the one-line code command to create what was either stroked text, or a drop-shadow to improve text visibility against the background. I cannot find that old post reply now however.

Does anyone off the top of their head know what this command parameter was? It's one of the commands in my minimalis setup:

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alignment = 'bottom_right',
	gap_x = 30,
	gap_y = -400,
    background = true,
    border_width = 1,
    cpu_avg_samples = 2,
    default_color = 'gray',
    default_outline_color = 'black',
    default_shade_color = 'white',
    color0 = '#ffffff',
    color1 = '#ff0000',
    double_buffer = true,
    draw_borders = false,
    draw_graph_borders = true,
    draw_outline = true,
    draw_shades = false,
    extra_newline = false,
    font = 'Neon 80s:size=10',
    minimum_height = 460,
    minimum_width = 380,
    net_avg_samples = 2,
    no_buffers = true,
    out_to_console = false,
    out_to_ncurses = false,
    out_to_stderr = false,
    out_to_x = true,
    own_window = true,
    own_window_class = 'Conky',
    own_window_transparent = true,
    own_window_argb_visual = true,
    own_window_type = 'desktop',
    own_window_hints ='undecorated,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager,below',
    show_graph_range = false,
    show_graph_scale = false,
    stippled_borders = 0,
    update_interval = 1.0,
    uppercase = false,
    use_spacer = 'none',
    use_xft = true,
I am assuming that it's the lines:

draw_outline = true,
default_outline_color = 'black',

Am I correct in the line commands, and can anyone confirm, this is a full surrounding stroke, and not just a drop shadow? I want to edit a piece of art to have the same appearance as my text.

Thank you for reading,

Logan
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Re: Question about text effect in Conky

Post by Logansfury »

I answered my own question by taking a screenshot of the Minimalis text and viewing it at 400%. It definitely is a fully surrounding stroke and not a dropshadow at an angle that enhances the text.
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