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From: Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 00:44:40 +0000
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+%% 
+%% This is file `a0_eng.tex'
+%% 
+%% Copyright (C) 1997-2004 Gerlinde Kettl and Matthias Weiser
+%%
+%% It may be distributed and/or modified under the
+%% conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.2
+%% of this license or (at your option) any later version.
+%% The latest version of this license is in
+%%    http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt
+%% and version 1.2 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX
+%% version 1999/12/01 or later.
+%%
+\documentclass[12pt]{article}
+\usepackage{german,a4}
+\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
+\begin{document}
+\parindent=0pt
+\thispagestyle{empty}
+\begin{center}
+{\Large a0poster}\\[0.5cm]
+Version 1.22b\\
+\vspace{1cm}\small
+Gerlinde Kettl ({\ttfamily tex@kettl.de})\\
+and\\
+Matthias Weiser \footnote{Thanks to Martin Eckl, 
+Berend van der Wall and Bernhard Steininger}
+\end{center}
+
+\vspace*{1cm}
+
+\normalsize
+
+{\bfseries\large 1. What is this package good for?}
+
+\bigskip
+
+Printing a poster with \TeX\ and {\ttfamily dvips} on a DIN A0 printer was 
+quite  complicated (inserting lines in the postscript file and so on). 
+The a0poster package ants to make this easier. {\ttfamily a0poster.cls} 
+provides fonts in sizes of 12pt ({\ttfamily$\backslash$tiny}) up to 107pt 
+({\ttfamily$\backslash$VERYHuge}). a0poster also makes sure that 
+in math formulas the symbols appear in the right size. 
+{\ttfamily $\backslash$textwidth} and {\ttfamily$\backslash$textheight} will 
+have reasonable values. The package also creates a postscript header file 
+for dvips which manages that the poster will be printed in the right size. 
+Meanwhile the sizes DIN A0, DIN A1, DIN A2 and DIN A3 are also supported.
+
+\bigskip
+
+{\bfseries\large 2. What the package can't do}
+
+\bigskip
+
+You still have to think about the best positioning of pictures and text.
+
+\bigskip
+
+{\bfseries\large 3. System requirements and installation}
+
+\bigskip
+
+Required are \LaTeX {\ttfamily <1995/06/01>} and {\ttfamily dvips}.
+
+\bigskip
+
+Contents of the package:
+\bigskip
+
+\begin{tabular}{lp{0.75\textwidth}}
+{\ttfamily a0poster.cls} & the class file\\
+{\ttfamily a0size.sty} & adaption of the font sizes\\
+{\ttfamily a0\_eng.tex} & this manual\\
+{\ttfamily a0.tex} & this manual in german\\
+\end{tabular}
+
+\bigskip
+
+The files {\ttfamily a0poster.cls} and {\ttfamily a0size.sty} 
+have to be copied in a directory that \TeX\ scans for input files. 
+Now the installation is done. But the package expects that dvips searches
+for header files in the current directory also.
+
+\bigskip
+
+{\bfseries\large 4. Options}
+
+\bigskip
+
+a0poster is a class like article. There are the following options:
+
+\bigskip
+
+\begin{tabular}{lp{0.8\textwidth}}
+{\slshape landscape} & landscape format, is default\\
+{\slshape portrait} & portrait format\\
+{\slshape a0b} & ``DIN A0 big'' - that's a somewhat widened DIN A0 format that
+uses the full width of an HP Designjet 650C. This is also default.\\
+{\slshape a0} & DIN A0\\
+{\slshape a1} & DIN A1\\
+{\slshape a2} & DIN A2\\
+{\slshape a3} & DIN A3\\
+{\slshape posterdraft} & reduces the postscript output to DIN A4 size, so test 
+printings can be made with ordinary DIN A4 printers.\\
+{\slshape draft} & {\bfseries obsolete}--does the same as {\slshape posterdraft}, but while options
+are passed to other packages, this can lead to collisions with other packages
+(e.\,g. {\ttfamily graphics}). \\
+{\slshape final} & makes postscript output in original size; is default.\\
+\end{tabular}
+
+\bigskip
+
+Therefore the beginning of the \TeX\ file can look like that:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+\documentclass[portrait,a0b,posterdraft]{a0poster}
+\usepackage{german,epsf,pstricks}
+\begin{document}
+\end{verbatim}
+
+The following font sizes are available: 
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+\tiny          12pt
+\scriptsize    14.4pt 
+\footnotesize  17.28pt
+\small         20.74pt 
+\normalsize    24.88pt      
+\large         29.86pt 
+\Large         35.83pt 
+\LARGE         43pt 
+\huge          51.6pt 
+\Huge          61.92pt 
+\veryHuge      74.3pt   
+\VeryHuge      89.16pt   
+\VERYHuge      107pt   
+\end{verbatim}
+
+{\ttfamily a0poster.cls} is based on the article class, so all commands 
+of this class can be used. Some register values were adapted to the
+size of the page.
+
+While \TeX ing  a file named {\ttfamily a0header.ps} is created that is
+read by dvips and manages that the poster is printed in the right 
+size.\footnote{If this doesn't work with the option draft, use dvips with
+the option {\ttfamily -Z} (if not already used in the configuration file
+{\ttfamily config.ps} of dvips). That also results in a smaller size of the
+postscript file. If it still doesn't work. then bigger paper sizes than
+DIN A3 in {\ttfamily config.ps} may be the cause. Then the {\slshape draft}
+option doesn't work -- sorry.} 
+
+\bigskip
+\bigskip
+\bigskip
+\bigskip
+
+{\bfseries\large 5. Colors, frames etc.}
+
+\bigskip
+
+This package supports neither colors nor pictures, but this ist possible with
+other packages like pstricks of Timothy Van Zandt.
+With {\ttfamily$\backslash$red} the following text or formula will be displayed
+in red. The colors {\slshape red, blue, yellow, green, cyan} and 
+{\slshape magenta} and the grey scales {\slshape white, lightgray, gray, 
+darkgray} and {\slshape black} are already defined, but other colors can be
+defined, for example
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+\newrgbcolor{DarkOrange}{1 .498 0}
+\DarkOrange blabla
+\end{verbatim}
+
+The numbers range from 0 to 1 and describe the color in the rgb system.
+With pstricks lots of other things can be done (frames, shadowboxes, etc.)
+For details, see the pstricks manual.
+
+\bigskip
+
+{\bfseries\large 6. Anything else?}
+
+\bigskip
+
+We are sure that this package still contains lots of bugs. 
+So we would like to hear bug reports, complaints, suggestions etc.
+(just send an email to \\
+{\ttfamily gerlinde.kettl@physik.uni-regensburg.de}).
+
+\bigskip
+
+{\bfseries\large 7. History}
+
+\bigskip
+
+Version 1.22b:
+
+\begin{itemize}
+\item Added License.
+\item Replaced option {\slshape draft} by {\slshape posterdraft}.
+\end{itemize}
+
+\bigskip
+
+Version 1.21b:
+
+\begin{itemize}
+\item Draft option available in combination with option a3.
+\item Modified ghostview removed.
+\item {\ttfamily a0size.tex} renamed to {\ttfamily a0size.sty}.
+\end{itemize}
+
+\bigskip
+
+Version 1.2b:
+
+\begin{itemize}
+\item Support of DIN A0, DIN A1, DIN A2 und DIN A3.
+\item Option draft available.
+\item Modified ghostview for viewing the poster.
+\end{itemize}
+
+\end{document}
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