Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Fade a Piece of Text

[jsmith6]

I'm trying to make a piece of text fade out to white and another piece of text fade in from white.

This is how it should look like:

The output of the example.

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I can do this with HTML and CSS in two simple steps:

1. Create a box with a vertical gradient from alpha to white (for fade out).
2. Place this box over the piece of text I want to fade.

The HTML+CSS code for this is attached. Point is I don't know if this approach is appropriate for LaTeX. I've found an example which I'm trying to modify:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
	some text above

	\pgfdeclareverticalshading{myshadingE}{80bp} 
	{color(0bp)=(white); color(80bp)=(black)}

	\begin{pgfpicture}
	\pgfpathrectangle{\pgfpointorigin}{\pgfpoint{3cm}{7cm}}
	\pgfshadepath{myshadingE}{-0}
	\end{pgfpicture}
	
	some text below
\end{document}

I can see that \pgfdeclareverticalshading will not accept transparency. I also have no idea if I can place this box over a piece of text but make it so it covers the bottom 3cm of text.

I know I can start using shades of gray over different parts of the text but that means I have to depend on the wrapping and it kind of loses it's point.

Can anyone provide a lead on this?

I'm using TeX Live 2012.