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Package shade:
Shade pieces of text.

The package provides a shaded backdrop to a box of text. It uses a Metafont font (provided) which generates to appropriate shading dependent on the resolution used in the Metafont printer parameters.

Getting it

If possible, get this package from your distribution using its installation manager. (For installation help, click on your distribution's name.)

Distribution Package name
MiKTeX shade
TeX Live shade

You can also visit shade's CTAN directory to browse the source or download the material for installation by hand.

More

Documentation on CTAN
Readme
Description of the algorithm:
Documentation off CTAN -none known-
Maintainers
Peter Schmitt
Version 1
License LPPL version 1, or any later version at the user's option
Related packages
shadebox:
Shade boxes using PostScript specials.
Keywords
color
MetaFont, Metapost
boxed text, frames
Characterizations
primary:
Page-focused > Boxes and minipages
secondary:
Page-focused > Background
secondary:
Page-focused > Color

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