Write text setting colors in render_mode=2

[pietro-foini]

I am pasting text inside a PDF document using the TextWriter class, specifically using the following methods:

writer = fitz.TextWriter(page.rect) 
writer.fill_textbox(rect=rect, 
                    text=text, fontsize=font_size,
                    font=font,
                    pos=position,
                    align=0)
writer.write_text(page=page,
                  color=color,
                  render_mode=0)

Now, using the same methods, I would like to paste stroked text and be able to set both the stroke color and the fill color of the text. For example, having white stroke text and black fill text. Is it possible?

Looking at the documentation of write_text (https://pymupdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/textwriter.html#TextWriter.color), it seems that setting render_mode = 2 would be suitable for my case, but I haven't been able to set the two colors differently.

Similar example output text:

[JorjMcKie]

You can do this:

import fitz
doc=fitz.open()
page=doc.new_page()
tw=fitz.TextWriter(page.rect)
text = "Hello world!"
rect = fitz.Rect(100,100,300,300)
tw1 = fitz.TextWriter(page.rect)
tw1.fill_textbox(rect,text)
tw1.write_text(page,color=(1,0,0),render_mode=0)
tw1.write_text(page,color=(0,0,1),render_mode=1)
doc.ez_save("x.pdf")

You can write the same TextWriter multiple times - on the same or different pages.
Looks like this:

[pietro-foini]

Thank you very much! The solution was indeed intuitive 😅. I take this opportunity to ask if, using the same methods, it is possible to manage the thickness of the text stroke.

[JorjMcKie]

I take this opportunity to ask if, using the same methods, it is possible to manage the thickness of the text stroke.

No (not yet), sorry. For render mode != 0, I am setting the stroke line width to 5% of the font size: fontsize * 0.05.
But, since you are asking, it may make sense to support that as some parameter linewidth in TextWriter.write_text().