%%%% % % ticket.sty example file for a pin for conferences % %%%% % use the corresponding paper size for your ticket definition \documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{letter} % load ticket.sty with the appropriate ticket definition \usepackage[freepin,crossmark]{ticket} % load misc stuff \usepackage{graphicx} % make your default ticket. \ticketdefault is somewhat like a background \renewcommand{\ticketdefault}{% \put(50, 3){\includegraphics[width=15mm]{logo}} \put( 5, 13){\line(1,0){60}} \put( 7, 10){\scriptsize Animal annual meeting (AAM)} \put( 7, 7){\scriptsize In the gardens} \put( 7, 4){\scriptsize April 1, 2000} } % now what do you like to put in your ticket \newcommand{\confpin}[2]{\ticket{% \put(35,36){\makebox[0mm]{\bfseries\Large #1}} \put(35,28){\makebox[0mm]{\bfseries\large #2}}% }} %% the pins for the partipiciants ... ;-) %% you can generate this part from a database! \begin{document} \sffamily \confpin{Camelus dromedarius}{North Africa} \confpin{Urocyon cinereoargenteus}{America} \confpin{Galago moholi}{South Africa} \confpin{Dasypus novemcintus}{South America} \confpin{Rhinocerus sondaicus}{Java} \confpin{Canis lupus}{Northern sphere} \confpin{Ramphastus spec.}{South Amerika} \confpin{Panthera tigris sondaica}{Java} \confpin{Hippocampus spec.}{the ocean} \confpin{Anthonomus grandis}{Mexico} \confpin{Petrogale penicillata}{Australia} \confpin{Tarsius spec.}{Sumatra} \end{document}