# Difference between revisions of "textext positioning"

Note: be careful with `textext.dflt` which means DeFauLT. One could have expected `textext.dlft`) for LeFT.

```\starttext

\setupMPinstance
[metafun]
[textstyle={\definedfont[name:dejavusans*default at 15pt]\ignorespaces}]

\startMPpage

string MonTexte ;
MonTexte := "Aujourd'hui";

draw (0cm,0cm)--(15cm,0cm)--(15cm,15cm)--(0cm,15cm)--cycle
withpen pencircle
scaled 0.5mm
withcolor red;

pair decal ;  decal := (0.0cm,-1.8cm) ;

%------------------------------------------------------------------------------

pair PA ;  PA := (7.5cm,13.5cm) ;

draw textext.urt ("URT-"  & MonTexte) shifted PA;
draw textext.ulft("ULFT-" & MonTexte) shifted PA;
draw textext.llft("LLFT-" & MonTexte) shifted PA;
draw textext.lrt ("LRT-"  & MonTexte) shifted PA;

draw PA withpen pencircle scaled 1.5mm  withcolor red;

%------------------------------------------------------------------------------

pair PB ;  PB := PA shifted decal ;

draw textext.drt ("DRT-"  & MonTexte) shifted PB;
draw textext.dlft("DLFT-" & MonTexte) shifted PB;

draw PB withpen pencircle scaled 1.5mm  withcolor red;

%------------------------------------------------------------------------------

pair PC ;  PC := PB shifted decal ;

draw textext.d("D-" & MonTexte) shifted PC;

draw PC withpen pencircle scaled 1.5mm  withcolor red;

%------------------------------------------------------------------------------

pair PD ;  PD := PC shifted decal ;

draw textext.bot("BOT-" & MonTexte) shifted PD;
draw textext.top("TOP-" & MonTexte) shifted PD;

draw PD withpen pencircle scaled 1.5mm  withcolor red;

%------------------------------------------------------------------------------

pair PE ;  PE := PD shifted decal ;

draw textext.lft("LFT-" & MonTexte) shifted PE;
draw textext.rt("RT-" & MonTexte)   shifted PE;

draw PE withpen pencircle scaled 1.5mm  withcolor red;

%------------------------------------------------------------------------------

pair PF ;  PF := PE shifted decal ;

draw textext(MonTexte) shifted PF;

draw PF withpen pencircle scaled 1.5mm  withcolor red;

%------------------------------------------------------------------------------

pair PG ;  PG := PF shifted decal ;

draw textext.origin("ORIGIN-" & MonTexte) shifted PG;

draw PG withpen pencircle scaled 1.5mm  withcolor red;

%------------------------------------------------------------------------------

pair PH ;  PH := PG shifted decal ;

draw textext.raw("RAW-" & MonTexte) shifted PH;

draw PH withpen pencircle scaled 1.5mm  withcolor red;

%------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\stopMPpage

\stoptext
```