PDF::Bu...xtGState(3)

✨ PDF::Builder::Resource::ExtGState ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to PDF::Builder::Resource::ExtGState(3) — the graphics state dictionary support page 💖 it's giving "I control how your whole page actually looks" energy, fr fr.

This one inherits from PDF::Builder::Resource — so it's part of the family, got it? 👑

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🎀 METHODS 🎀

🌸 new

$egs = PDF::Builder::Resource::ExtGState->new(@parameters)

Returns a brand new extgstate object, bestie ✨ and heads up, this one gets called from $pdf->egstate() — that's the plug, iykyk.

🌸 strokeadjust

$egs->strokeadjust($boolean)

(No information) — yeah, the docs literally ghosted us on this one 💀 no cap.

🌸 strokeoverprint

$egs->strokeoverprint($boolean)

(No information) — again, nothing. the manpage said "not today" 🙈.

🌸 filloverprint

$egs->filloverprint($boolean)

(No information) — empty, periodt 💅.

🌸 overprintmode

$egs->overprintmode($num)

(No information) — crickets, bestie 🦗.

🌸 blackgeneration

$egs->blackgeneration($obj)

(No information) — nothing here either 😭.

🌸 blackgeneration2

$egs->blackgeneration2($obj)

(No information) — still nothing ✨.

🌸 undercolorremoval

$egs->undercolorremoval($obj)

(No information) — blank as my calendar on a friday night 🫶.

🌸 undercolorremoval2

$egs->undercolorremoval2($obj)

(No information) — no info, moving on 🌈.

🌸 transfer

$egs->transfer($obj)

(No information) — yeah nope 💜.

🌸 transfer2

$egs->transfer2($obj)

(No information) — nothing to report, bestie 🎀.

🌸 halftone

$egs->halftone($obj)

(No information) — the docs simply did not show up 🔥.

🌸 halftonephase

$egs->halftonephase($obj)

(No information) — empty, slay, next 💅.

🌸 smoothness

$egs->smoothness($num)

(No information) — no thoughts, head empty, same as this section 💀.

🌸 font

$egs->font($font, $size)

(No information) — genuinely zero notes 😭.

🌸 linewidth

$egs->linewidth($size)

(No information) — nothing here, iconic of it honestly ✨.

🌸 linecap

$egs->linecap($cap)

(No information) — the void, bestie 🕳️.

🌸 linejoin

$egs->linejoin($join)

(No information) — still the void 🫶.

🌸 miterlimit

$egs->miterlimit($limit)

(No information) — yeah nothing 🌸.

🌸 dash

$egs->dash(@dash)

(No information) — no info, no drama, periodt 💅.

🌸 flatness

$egs->flatness($flat)

(No information) — nothing 💖.

🌸 renderingintent

$egs->renderingintent($intentName)

(No information) — yep, still nothing 🦋.

🌸 strokealpha

$egs->strokealpha($alpha)

This is the current stroking alpha constant — the constant shape or constant opacity value that gets used for stroking operations in the transparent imaging model. lowkey important, highkey iconic ✨.

🌸 fillalpha

$egs->fillalpha($alpha)

Same vibe as strokealpha, but for nonstroking (fill) operations 💅. basically its sibling, same energy, different job.

🌸 blendmode

$egs->blendmode($blendname)

$egs->blendmode($blendfunctionobj)

The current blend mode to be used in the transparent imaging model 🔥 — and yes bestie, it takes either a $blendname or a $blendfunctionobj, two ways to serve the same look 💖.

🌸 alphaisshape

$egs->alphaisshape($boolean)

The alpha source flag (alpha is shape) — it says whether the current soft mask and alpha constant get interpreted as shape values (true) or opacity values (false) 👑. so like, pick a lane, fr.

🌸 textknockout

$egs->textknockout($boolean)

The text knockout flag — this one decides the behavior of overlapping glyphs inside a text object in the transparent imaging model 💫. overlapping glyphs stay dramatic, we love that for them.

🌸 transparency

$egs->transparency($t)

The graphics transparency — where 0 is fully opaque and 1 is fully transparent 🌈. this is a convenience method bestie, and it sets proper values for strokealpha and fillalpha for you. so convenient, so slay ✨.

🌸 opacity

$egs->opacity($op)

The graphics opacity — where 1 is fully opaque and 0 is fully transparent 🎀. another convenience method, and it also sets proper values for strokealpha and fillalpha. (yes it's the mirror of transparency, don't let the numbers trip you up, bestie 🫶).

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💀 reminder: a whole bunch of these methods are marked (No information) in the original, and I'm not out here inventing lore — so what you see is what the docs gave us. no guessing, no cap.

and that's the whole page, you ate it 💅✨

this manual page is from perl v5.42.0, dated 2026-01-17 — mwah, xoxo, go make some pretty PDFs bestie 💖🦋🌸