ctan-ann - contour

CTAN submission -- contour package

2003-11-11T11:03:15Z

----- Forwarded message from Harald Harders -----
I have uploaded contour-v1_04.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. Please replace the
files in CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/contour by its contents. License stays
LPPL.

>From the README:

This package generates a colored contour around a given text in order
to enable printing text over a background without the need of a
color box around the text.

Change log:
1.04 2003/11/09  - Avoide usage of \cs{textversion} etc.
                 - Avoid line break of inner text
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Thanks for the upload.  I installed it as suggested replacing the old

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CTAN submission -- contour.sty

2004-08-04T12:23:41Z

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Harald Harders wrote:

 > I have uploaded contour-v2_00.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains the new
 > version of contour.sty. Please replace the files in
 > CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/contour by its contents. License stays LPPL.
 > 
 > >From the README:
 > 
 > This package generates a colored contour around a given text in order
 > to enable printing text over a background without the need of a
 > color box around the text.
 > 
 > ChangeLog:
 > 
 > 2004/08/03  v2.00  Harald Harders (h.harders at tu-bs.de),
 > 		   Morten Høgholm (moho01ab at student.cbs.dk)
 > 	- Allow arbitrary numbers of copies and automatic determination of

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CTAN submission -- contour.sty v2.12

2004-08-31T15:38:22Z

----- Forwarded message from Harald Harders -----
I have uploaded contour-v2_12.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains the new
version of the contour page. Please replace all files in
CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/contour by the archive's contents. License stays
LPPL.

>From the README:

This package generates a colored contour around a given text in order
to enable printing text over a background without the need of a
color box around the text.
By default this is done by placing copies of the text around the text
itself and can be switched to use real outlines if supported by the
backend driver.

The new feature is to enable vector outlines for backend driver that
support this when using vector fonts. Supported are dvips, pdftex, and

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CTAN submission -- contour

2004-11-19T10:54:07Z

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, Harald Harders wrote:

 > I have uploaded contour-v2_14.tar.gz to ftp.dante.de. It contains the new
 > version of the contour package. Please install it to
 > CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/contour. The license stays LPPL.
 > 
 > >From the README:
 > 
 > This package generates a colored contour around a given text in order
 > to enable printing text over a background without the need of a
 > color box around the text.
 > By default this is done by placing copies of the text around the text
 > itself and can be switched to use real outlines if supported by the
 > backend driver.
 > 
 > 
 > ChangeLog:

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