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Posted: **June 3rd, 2022, 2:10 pm**

Hello, I'm trying to find a simple customizable text box. I'm trying to display a text ("MUSIC HAVEN") to my music layout desktop with this particular design (https://www.typeroom.eu/assets/original/2020/04/06/8.jpg), with the hex code of #FF69B4 also ideally being animated in a way but it's alright if there are no effects. Sadly, I haven't found anything...

Posted: **June 6th, 2022, 4:05 am**

kwc23 wrote: ↑June 3rd, 2022, 2:10 pm Hello, I'm trying to find a simple customizable text box. I'm trying to display a text ("MUSIC HAVEN") to my music layout desktop with this particular design (https://www.typeroom.eu/assets/original/2020/04/06/8.jpg), with the hex code of #FF69B4 also ideally being animated in a way but it's alright if there are no effects. Sadly, I haven't found anything...

Sorry for a late reply, since you couldn't find a similar skin, I will offer an example (although skin requests are frowned on, it is the easiest way to show you how to accomplish a similar effect).

You can create a skin having a similar appearance using a shape meter with a linear gradient fill, a string meter at an angle as a container of the shape gradient, and a "Game Over" font.

gameover.png

Code:

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; ========= Metadata ==========
[Metadata]
Name=
Author=
Information=
; BY=attribution / SA=share-alike / ND=no-derivatives / NC=non-commercial
License=CC BY-SA-NC 3.0
Version=

; ========= Variables ==========
[Variables]
Scaler=1

; ========= Skin Settings ==========
[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
AccurateText=1
DynamicWindowSize=1

; ========= Meters ==========
[MeterBack]
DynamicVariables=1
Meter=Shape
Shape=Rectangle 1,1,(220*#Scaler#),(190*#Scaler#) | StrokeWidth 2 | Fill Color 0,0,0

MouseScrollUpAction=[!SetVariable Scaler (Clamp(#Scaler#+0.1,0.5,5))][!WriteKeyValue Variables Scaler (Clamp(#Scaler#+0.1,0.5,5))][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]
MouseScrollDownAction=[!SetVariable Scaler (Clamp(#Scaler#-0.1,0.5,5))][!WriteKeyValue Variables Scaler (Clamp(#Scaler#-0.1,0.5,5))][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]
MiddleMouseUpAction=[!SetVariable Scaler 1][!WriteKeyValue Variables Scaler 1][!UpdateMeter *][!Redraw]

[MeterContainer]
DynamicVariables=1
Meter=String
X=(30*#Scaler#)
Y=(30*#Scaler#)
W=(260*#Scaler#)
FontFace=Game Over
FontSize=((72*1.4)*#Scaler#)
StringCase=Upper
Text="Game#CRLF#Over"
Angle=(Rad(-6))

[MeterFillGradient]
DynamicVariables=1
Meter=Shape
Shape=Rectangle 0,0,(220*#Scaler#),(180*#Scaler#) | StrokeWidth 0 | Fill LinearGradient MyGradient
MyGradient=270 | 250,250,40 ; 0.1 | 240,0,0 ; 0.9 
Container=MeterContainer

Here is a package with the font included and a sample skin that will scale (0.5x to 5x) with mouse scroll actions. Middle Mouse button resets to scale to 1x.

GameOver_0.1.rmskin

Posted: **June 6th, 2022, 6:08 am**

Thank you! I am sort of a beginner at rainmeter so I'll try to learn what goes in the code and figure out how to manage and fit it to my needs.

Posted: **June 6th, 2022, 1:00 pm**

kwc23 wrote: ↑June 6th, 2022, 6:08 am Thank you! I am sort of a beginner at rainmeter so I'll try to learn what goes in the code and figure out how to manage and fit it to my needs.

That's how we all started! Feel free to ask if you have any problems adapting the code.

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