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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/shade/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/shade/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a8ca869f8cf --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/shade/README @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +A `frequently asked question' is that for possibilites to produce +shaded boxes. + +Since the answers usually (just as recently) point either to PostScript +\special's and PiCTeX it seems that a `simpler' and easier to use version +is not readily available --- though I did not check this. + +A small and simple approach to shaded boxes is the use of a special font +providing shaded rectangles, and some macros which automatically compose the +desired box from these characters. + +Since, of course, the finest shading can be achieved by using single pixels +for the pattern, the best shading pattern is *device dependent*. +Furthermore, one generally defined shading pattern would imply the danger, +that - because of rounding errors - at the boundaries (between two of the +characters) `lines' would occur, and that the pattern would not look completely +uniform. Consequently, since different fonts are to be used for different +printers, the dvi file is *device dependent* in this sense, too, though the +code - both for the macros and for the metafont description - is device +independent. |