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-rw-r--r--Makefile.am2
-rw-r--r--doc/images/text.svg.scm3
-rw-r--r--doc/picture-language.texi23
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index ff1609e..a8b7072 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ info_TEXINFOS = doc/picture-language.texi
DOC_IMAGES = $(addsuffix .svg.scm, $(addprefix $(top_srcdir)/doc/images/, \
line hline vline polyline polyline2 polygon \
- triangle octagon circle ellipse rectangle \
+ triangle octagon circle ellipse rectangle text \
boring-triangles modifiers))
infoimagedir = $(infodir)/images
diff --git a/doc/images/text.svg.scm b/doc/images/text.svg.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93b1428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/images/text.svg.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+(hc-append (text "hello" #:color "blue" #:font-family "serif")
+ (text "bye" #:color "orange")
+ (text "! " #:color "lime"))
diff --git a/doc/picture-language.texi b/doc/picture-language.texi
index c3005da..448203c 100644
--- a/doc/picture-language.texi
+++ b/doc/picture-language.texi
@@ -403,8 +403,27 @@ drawn by the @code{rectangle} procedure, except that it does not have
an outline and is filled with the provided @var{COLOR}.
@end deffn
-There are more primitive shapes that still need to be documented:
-@code{text}.
+
+@cindex text, simple shape
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} text @
+ @var{TXT} @
+ [#:color @var{"black"} #:font-family @var{"sans-serif"} #:font-size @var{32} @
+ #:font-style @var{"normal"} #:font-weight @var{"normal"}]
+
+This procedure renders the text @var{TXT}. The height of the text is
+always a full line height, which depends on the selected
+@var{FONT-FAMILY} and is generally larger than the provided
+@var{FONT-SIZE}. The keys @var{FONT-STYLE} (a string),
+@var{FONT-WEIGHT} (a string), and @var{COLOR} (also a string) are
+also accepted.
+@end deffn
+
+@cindex text, example
+Here are a few snippets of text, combined horizontally (see below).
+@example
+@verbatiminclude images/text.svg.scm
+@image{images/text.svg.scm,,,A few snippets of text.}
+@end example
@c *********************************************************************
@node Modifiers