[cairo] Changing color mid-stroke

[Travis Griggs]

On Jan 13, 2009, at 4:40 PM, AngryZealot wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm wondering if there's a way to change color in the middle of a
> cairo_line_to operation, or at least a workable way to fake the
> result. For an example of what I'd like to produce, see the picture
> here: http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb305/AngryZealot/miter.jpg
>
> Basically I need a way to split the joining piece between two
> arbitrary line segments (ie, the joining angle is not fixed). I
> realize this is somewhat unusual (neither Inkscape nor Adobe
> Illustrator can do it without outlining the stroke). If somebody more
> familiar with cairo has any ideas, it would be much appreciated.

Depends on how much work you want to go through I guess. You *could*  
define a gradient, that shifted suddenly from  blue to black, and then  
stroke with that as your source.

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Travis Griggs
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