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void GradientText::paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem *option, QWidget *widget)
{
	QRect rect = QRect(0,0, boundingRect().width(), boundingRect().height());

	QLinearGradient grad(0, 0, 0, rect.height()); // << вертикальный
//	QLinearGradient grad(0, 0, rect.width(), 0); // << горизонтальный

	grad.setColorAt(0, "white");
	grad.setColorAt(1, "black");

	painter->setBrush(QBrush("green"));
	painter->drawRect(rect);

	painter->setFont(QFont("Times", 50, QFont::Normal))	;
	painter->setPen(QPen(QBrush(grad), 0));

	painter->drawText(rect, "text1234");
}