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%%  A DANTE-Edition example
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%%  Example 36-00-64 on page 793.
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%%  Copyright (C) 2011 Herbert Voss
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%%  It may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions
%%  of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3
%%  of this license or (at your option) any later version.
%% 
%%  See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
%% 
%% 
%% ==== 
% Show page(s) 1
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\documentclass[]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{201.70511pt}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}

\usepackage{pstricks,pst-text,pst-grad}
\usepackage[tiling]{pst-fill}
\newcommand\WriteBig[5] {%
  \DeclareFixedFont{\bigsf}{T1}{phv}{b}{n}{#2}%
  \DeclareFixedFont{\smallrm}{T1}{ptm}{m}{n}{#3}%
  \psboxfill{\small #1} %
      \centerline{%
         \pscharpath[fillstyle=gradient,%
            gradangle=-45,%
            gradmidpoint=0.5,%
            addfillstyle=boxfill,%
                gradbegin=#4,%
                gradend=#5,%
            fillangle=30,%
            fillsep=0.7mm]{\rput[b](0,0){\bigsf#1}}}}


\begin{document}
\WriteBig{2011}{4.5cm}{7mm}{red}{green}
\end{document}
