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textpath Setting text along a path with MetaPost.

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Name Size* Date UTC Notes
CHANGES 421 bytes 2007-Feb-11
README 1 KiB 2007-Feb-10 Shown below
textpath.mp 15 KiB 2007-Feb-11
textpath.pdf 248 KiB 2007-Feb-11
textpath.tex 38 KiB 2007-Feb-11
textpathfigs.mp 7 KiB 2007-Feb-11
textpathfigs.tex 378 bytes 2006-Dec-05
textpathmp.sty 1 KiB 2006-Nov-23

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Contents of README

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package: textpath v1.6 2007/02/11
author: Stephan Hennig (stephanhennig@arcor.de)


Description
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This MetaPost package provides macros to typeset text along
a free path with the help of LaTeX, thereby preserving kerning
and allowing for 8-bit input (accented characters).


Installation
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To install the package put the files into the following
directories in a local textmf tree and update the file
name data base.

<localtexmftree>/doc/metapost/textpath:
 textpath.pdf
 textpath.tex
 textpathfigs.mp
 textpathfigs.tex
 
<localtexmftree>/metapost/textpath:
 textpath.mp
 
<localtexmftree>/tex/latex/textpath:
 textpathmp.sty


Usage Notes
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See file textpath.pdf.


Happy TeXing!
Stephan Hennig