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}
}
def text:
Text
= Text {
layoutX: bind (w - text.layoutBounds.width) / 2.0
layoutY: bind (h - text.layoutBounds.height) / 2.0
content: "Hello!"
font: Font.font("Arial", FontWeight.BOLD, 100);
fill: Color.SILVER
textOrigin: TextOrigin.TOP
}
def txtfx =
ShapeSubtract
{
a: bg
b: text
effect: DropShadow
{
color: Color.rgb(0, 0, 0, 0.9)
offsetX: 5, offsetY: 5
radius: 10
}
fill: LinearGradient
{
startX: 0, endX: 0, startY: 0, endY: 1
stops: [
Stop { offset: 0, color: Color.SILVER }
Stop { offset: 1, color: Color.WHITE }
]
}
}
When the code is rendered, it produces the text effect shown in the following screenshot.
How it works...
The code illustrates how you can combine the built-in visual effects available in JavaFX to
create new customized effects. In this recipe, we use the
ShapeSubtract
,
DropShadow
,
and
LinearGradient
to build the cut-out text effect seen in the previous screenshot. Let's
examine how this works.
