Untitled Metapost Sample #metapost-sandbox

main.mp

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\documentclass{minimal}
\begin{document}
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beginfig(2);

% Store the text in a picture variable
picture p;
p := thelabel("Another example", origin);

% Draw the text picture
draw p;

% Get the text's dimensions
w := xpart urcorner p - xpart llcorner p;
h := ypart urcorner p - ypart llcorner p;

% Draw a line across the center of the text
draw (llcorner p + (0, 0.5h)) -- (urcorner p - (0, 0.5h));

endfig;

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\end{document}
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