hollow characters are showing up filled

    I'm trying to write a watermark over the top of a PDF page. The idea is to draw in a large font, at an angle, but only draw the outline of the characters.

    I establish the rotation using the following code, where "h" is the height of the canvas:

    SetGraphicsMode(Canvas.Handle, GM_ADVANCED);
    angle := -52.3 * pi / 180;
    x0 := 0;
    y0 := h;
    xForm.eM11 := cos(angle);
    xForm.eM12 := sin(angle);
    xForm.eM21 := -sin(angle);
    xForm.eM22 := cos(angle);
    xForm.eDx := x0 - cos(angle)*x0 + sin(angle)*y0;;
    xForm.eDy := y0 - cos(angle)*y0 - sin(angle)*x0;
    SetWorldTransform(Canvas.Handle, xForm);

    I then write the text using the following code:

    OldBkMode := SetBkMode(Canvas.Handle, TRANSPARENT);
    BeginPath(Canvas.Handle);
    Canvas.TextOut(X, Y, Text);
    EndPath(Canvas.Handle);
    StrokePath(Canvas.Handle); // was StrokeAndFillPath
    SetBkMode(Canvas.Handle, OldBkMode);

    This approach works fine when tested with a TImage.Canvas, but fails when using the pdf.Canvas, because the hollow character outlines are always filled in in the PDF.

    Any thoughts?

    Thank you!

    Actually, when I emailed them directly, they were amazingly responsive (6 emails in 6 hours) and resolved my problem immediately, even giving me a new release along the way. They are super! This forum ... not so much