[reportlab-users] Watermarks?

[Michael Hipp]

Dinu Gherman wrote:

> Michael Hipp:

> 

>> I've tried all this, but the X is still very solid black.

>>

>>          c.setFont("Helvetica-Bold", 200)

>>          c.setStrokeGray(0.25)

>>          c.setFillColorRGB(0.1, 0.1, 0.1)

>>          c.setStrokeColorRGB(0.2,0.5,0.3)

>>          c.drawCentredString(PAGE_WIDTH/2, 1.0*inch, 'X')

> 

> If you haven't found it already: try setFillColorRGB(0.9, 0.9, 0.9).

> Higher values are closer to white, lower values closer to black.

> Or use something like this directly:

> 

>   from reportlab.lib.colors import lightgrey

>   c.setFillColor(lightgrey)


Thanks. My brain was working inverted. That does exactly what I need.

Michael