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Copyright (C) 2010-2012 by Daniel Majoros

This file 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.


The simplecd package

The simplecd package provides printable cut-outs for various CD, DVD and other disc holders.
The name of the package comes form it's implementation and ease of use.

The simplecd package was created for producing cut-outs for creating covers, inlays(inlets) for 
optical disc packaging such as jewel cases, keepcases. The covers were aimed for containing only 
simple text with different font sizes, but since everything is placed inside a \parbox environment, it can
contain a wide range of things.

There are also macros which can resize ready-to-print images to the appropriate size.

The layout macros provide ready-to-use formatting for the covers.

Cover, keepcase, sleeve macros support:
 - jewel case front, back and individual spine
 - 60 and 80 millimeter jewel case covers
 - two-page jewel case front
 - slim DVD keepcase
 - normal DVD keepcase
 - Blu-Ray keepcase
 - custom-sized keepcase
 - disk sleeve 
 - sleeve for 60 and 80 millimeter disks
 - sleeve for lever arch files
 - one sided DVD keepcase inlay
 - one sided Blu-Ray keepcase inlay
 - custom-sized inlay
 - CD-R, CD, DVD disk images
 - 60 and 80 millimeter disk images

Layout macros:
 - empty layouts for all macros listed below
 - driver layout for standard, 60 and 80 millimeter covers
 - movie layout for DVD and Blu-ray keepcases
 - music layout for jewel cases
 
 
Version history:

1.1
 - Rewrote the drawing mechanism, covers will never be resized based on content
 - Added support for 60 and 80 millimeter disks
 - Added sleeve for lever arch files
 - Added disk images
 - Added layouts: ready-to-use designs for cover content
 - Added troubleshooting and font size section into the documentation
 - Added examples tex and pdf files

1.0
 - Initial release