[texhax] Re: irregular boundaries
Nelson H. F. Beebe
beebe at math.utah.edu
Fri Jun 6 13:58:12 CEST 2003
tomss at ids.net asks on Thu, 05 Jun 2003 22:37:03 -0400 about
typesetting material with irregular boundaries.
See the packages picinpar and shapepar, discussed on pp. 50--53 of the
LaTeX Companion, and the documentation of the \parshape command in the
TeXbook (pp. 101ff).
See also these original papers:
@Article{Hoenig:TB8-1-73,
author = "Alan Hoenig",
title = "{{\TeX\ does windows}}",
journal = j-TUGboat,
volume = "8",
number = "1",
pages = "73--73",
month = apr,
year = "1987",
ISSN = "0896-3207",
bibdate = "Thu Feb 14 07:16:05 MST 2002",
bibsource = "ftp://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/tugboat.bib;
http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/index-table-t.html#tugboat",
acknowledgement = ack-bnb # " and " # ack-nhfb,
}
@Article{Hoenig:TB8-2-211,
author = "Alan Hoenig",
title = "{{\TeX\ does windows\Dash conclusion}}",
journal = j-TUGboat,
volume = "8",
number = "2",
pages = "211--215",
month = jul,
year = "1987",
ISSN = "0896-3207",
bibdate = "Thu Feb 14 07:16:05 MST 2002",
bibsource = "ftp://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/tugboat.bib;
http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/index-table-t.html#tugboat",
acknowledgement = ack-bnb # " and " # ack-nhfb,
}
@Article{Fox:TB8-2-216,
author = "Jim Fox",
title = "{Comment on ``\TeX\ does windows''}",
journal = j-TUGboat,
volume = "8",
number = "2",
pages = "216--216",
month = jul,
year = "1987",
ISSN = "0896-3207",
bibdate = "Thu Feb 14 07:16:05 MST 2002",
bibsource = "ftp://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/tugboat.bib;
http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/index-table-t.html#tugboat",
acknowledgement = ack-bnb # " and " # ack-nhfb,
}
Sometimes, for certain shapes, a different solution is possible: try
this example, which reproduces text from a business card typeset in
1956.
% cat youden.ltx
\documentclass{article}
\newenvironment{widecenter}{%
\bgroup
\@flushglue = 0pt plus 1fil minus \textwidth
\begin{center}%
\hfuzz = \maxdimen
\ignorespaces % IMPORTANT: so space after \begin{widecenter} is gobbled
}{%
\end{center}%
\egroup
}
\begin{document}
%% Stephen M. Stigler, Statistics on the Table: The History of
%% Statistical Concepts and Methods, Harvard University Press 1999,
%% p. 415, ISBN 0-674-83601-4
\begin{widecenter}
The\\
normal\\
law of error\\
stands out in the\\
experience of mankind\\
as one of the broadest\\
generalizations of natural\\
philosophy $\diamond$ It serves as the\\
guiding instrument in researches\\
in the physical and social sciences and\\
in medicine agriculture and engineering $\diamond$\\
It is an indispensable tool for the analysis and the\\
\mbox{interpretation of the basic data obtained by observation and experiment.}
\end{widecenter}
\begin{flushright}
--- W. J. Youdon (1956)\\
\end{flushright}
\begin{widecenter}
THE\\
NORMAL\\
LAW OF ERROR\\
STANDS OUT IN THE\\
EXPERIENCE OF MANKIND\\
AS ONE OF THE BROADEST\\
GENERALIZATIONS OF NATURAL\\
PHILOSOPHY $\diamond$ IT SERVES AS THE\\
GUIDING INSTRUMENT IN RESEARCHES\\
IN THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AND\\
IN MEDICINE AGRICULTURE AND ENGINEERING $\diamond$\\
IT IS AN INDISPENSABLE TOOL FOR THE ANALYSIS AND THE\\
\mbox{INTERPRETATION OF THE BASIC DATA OBTAINED BY OBSERVATION AND EXPERIMENT.}
\end{widecenter}
\begin{flushright}
--- W. J. Youdon (1956)\\
\end{flushright}
\begin{widecenter}
\sf
The\\
normal\\
law of error\\
stands out in the\\
experience of mankind\\
as one of the broadest\\
generalizations of natural\\
philosophy $\diamond$ It serves as the\\
guiding instrument in researches\\
in the physical and social sciences and\\
in medicine agriculture and engineering $\diamond$\\
It is an indispensable tool for the analysis and the\\
\mbox{interpretation of the basic data obtained by observation and experiment.}
\end{widecenter}
\begin{flushright}
--- W. J. Youdon (1956)\\
\end{flushright}
\newpage
\begin{widecenter}
\em
The\\
normal\\
law of error\\
stands out in the\\
experience of mankind\\
as one of the broadest\\
generalizations of natural\\
philosophy $\diamond$ It serves as the\\
guiding instrument in researches\\
in the physical and social sciences and\\
in medicine agriculture and engineering $\diamond$\\
It is an indispensable tool for the analysis and the\\
\mbox{interpretation of the basic data obtained by observation and experiment.}
\end{widecenter}
\begin{flushright}
--- W. J. Youdon (1956)\\
\end{flushright}
\end{document}
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