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From: spel@hippo.ru.ac.za (Dr. E.W. Lisse)
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Subject: Re: Badge.shar: badges with TeX made easy
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Date: 20 Mar 91 17:40:51 GMT
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nice work !

One can adapt it within 10 minutes to become a style file as to load it
from LaTeX. That makes it even easier to generate the badges.

Like:

have the names in a database,
put them out into a file
have awk grab them and generate a TeX file on stdout
like
  \documentstyle[badges]{article}
  \begin{deocument}
  \badge{name}{institution}
  .
  .
  .
  \end{document}

then one filters the stufff through emTeX's  TEXCNV so the typists don't
even have to learn the diacritical signs as it converts all into the
proper LaTeX commands.

Very nice !

Keep those STYles coming !!

regards, el

ps: now how can I scan a complicated small logo (coat of arms) into
LaTeX as to put it on the badges? like PCX to MF converter ?

An easy kludge is to put the logo on the exact spots on a paper where
they would appear, photocopy it and put the paper into the printer's
feeder. But I would sure like to be able to do it the hard way :-)

regards, el
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