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%%  Ein Beispiel der DANTE-Edition
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%%  Copyright (C) 2010 Herbert Voss
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\documentclass[]{exaarticle}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{190.324pt}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\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}}}}

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