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textpath Setting text along a path with MetaPost.

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CHANGES 2007-02-11 421 bytes download
README 2007-02-10 900 bytes download Shown below
textpath.mp 2007-02-11 14 Kbyte download
textpath.pdf 2007-02-11 247 Kbyte download
textpath.tex 2007-02-11 37 Kbyte download
textpathfigs.mp 2007-02-11 7 Kbyte download
textpathfigs.tex 2006-12-05 378 bytes download
textpathmp.sty 2006-11-23 534 bytes download

Contents of the README file

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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

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