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ShapePatch is a patch against Transfig, which adds the capability to
export XFig figures to shape
definitions for shapepar. Shapepar itself is a TeX-Macro by Donald
Arsenau that allows to form a paragraph into a given shape,
where the size of the shape is automatically adjusted so that
the given paragraph completely fills the shape. There are some
predefined shapes, like e.g., a heart. So you can form any
paragraph into the form of a heart by putting
\heartpar{sometext...} inside your document. It is of course
possible to define your own shapes but it involves specifying
polygon coordinates. This is where ShapePatch helps - it allows
you to simply draw the shape you want with XFig and then convert
it to a shape definition either by calling fig2dev manually or
by choosing "Export/Shape" in XFig (if you install the
additional XFig patch).
This package was implemented by Christian Gollwitzer and catalogued for CTAN. |
