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diff --git a/usergrps/uktug/baskervi/4_4/chen.tex b/usergrps/uktug/baskervi/4_4/chen.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4978132816 --- /dev/null +++ b/usergrps/uktug/baskervi/4_4/chen.tex @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +\title{A \protect\MF\ of `Simpsons' characters} +\author[Raymond Chen]{Raymond Chen \\\texttt{rjc@math.princeton.edu}} +\begin{Article} + +\begin{quote}\em +[Editor's note: I found this issue's `stocking filler' on the NTG +CD-ROM; correspondences between Simpsons characters and well-known \TeX xies +do tend to come to mind. ] +\end{quote} +\noindent +The author can type +\Lisa+, +\Homer+, +\Bart+, or +\Marge+ to produce the +corresponding character. The default is to draw the character facing +to the right and looking directly at you. To modify this, you can +prefix the macro +\Left+ to get the character face left instead of right, +\eg +\Left\Lisa+. + +You can also prefix the macro +\Goofy+ and suffix two pairs of +coordinates, which modify how the pupils are drawn. E.g., ++\Goofy\Lisa(7,5)(5,5).+ The first pair of coordinates is applied to the +right pupil (which is the one on the left when printed) and the second +pair to the left pupil. The units are relative to the size of the +character. (So if you say +\font\simpsons=simpsons scaled 1200+ you +don't have to modify all the coordinates in the +\Goofy+'s.) + +If you uses both prefixes, as in +\Goofy\Left+, then the +mirror-image-reversal takes place \emph{after} the goofiness is applied. +This is so that you can just say +\Goofy\Left\Lisa(7,5)(5,5)+ to get a +mirror image of +\Goofy\Lisa(7,5)(5,5)+. + +Some sample Simpsons: +\begin{description} +\item[\Goofy\Homer(6,4)(4,4)] D'oh! + +\item[\Goofy\Lisa(7,5)(5,5)] + This is Lisa Simpson. + She's smart, she's sweet, she's sensitive\dots but + don't hold that against her. + +\item[\Bart] I'm Bart Simpson. Who the hell are you? + +\item[\Left\Marge] Mmmm\dots +\item[\Left\Maggie] Suck. Suck. +\end{description} +The characters were obtained from: + \begin{description} +\item[Lisa] Simpsons Illustrated, Summer 91, cover +\item[Homer] Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, cover +\item[Bart] Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, article on Dan Castellaneta +\item[Marge] Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, article on Dan Castellaneta +\item[Burns] Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, article on Dan Castellaneta +\item[Maggie] Simpsons 1992 calendar, ``Phone pranks'' +\item[SNPP] Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, Homer's job file +\end{description} +They were traced and transferred to graph paper, then magnified fourfold. +\end{Article}
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