CTAN upload: LaTeX Font Sampler
Date: February 27, 2003 3:28:51 PM CET
A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and should make its
way to your favorite mirror soon.
Thanks for the upload,
Jim Hefferon
ftpmaint at tug.ctan.org
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor.
Name of contribution: LaTeX Font Sampler
Author's name: Peter Flynn
Location on CTAN: info/fontsampler
Summary description: Samples of free typefaces available with LaTeX
License type: gpl
Announcement text given by the contribution's author:
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This is an update of the sampler which has previously been
available on our Web site. It has been extended to include
a few more faces, and this version comes with the complete
source code. The fonts themselves you have to install from
the CTAN. Contributions of code are welcomed to enable us to
include the omitted fonts. License: GNU GPL.
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latex – A TeX macro package that defines LaTeX
LaTeX is a widely-used macro package (format) for TeX, providing many basic document formatting commands extended by a wide range of packages. It was originally created by Leslie Lamport, whose last release was LaTeX 2.09. The current LaTeX superseded that release in June 1994. The basic distribution is catalogued separately, at latex-base.
Apart from a large set of contributed packages and third-party documentation (elsewhere on the archive), the distribution includes:
- a number of required packages, which LaTeX authors may assume will be present on any system running LaTeX; and
- a minimal set of documentation detailing differences from the ‘old’ version of LaTeX in the areas of
For downloading details, documentation links, etc., see the linked catalogue entries above.
| Package | latex |
| Version | 2025-11-01 |
| Copyright | 1989–2025 The LaTeX3 Project et al. |
| Maintainer | The LaTeX Project Team Leslie Lamport (inactive) |
Announcements
- 2015-07-04 CTAN update: latex
- 2010-06-12 CTAN update: beamer
- 2009-11-10 CTAN Update: pauldoc
- 2003-02-27 CTAN upload: LaTeX Font Sampler
- 2002-12-20 Package upgrade on CTAN: LaTeX for Word Processor Users
- 2002-02-05 CTAN update: LaTeX for Word Processor Users
- 2002-01-04 CTAN submission – LaTeX WIDE
- 2001-11-02 New CTAN material: LaTeX for Word Processor Users