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Francesco Luciano submitted an update to the

onlinebrief24

package.

Version: 2026-03-21
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Class for DIN 5008 type-B business letters for use with onlinebrief24.de

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This release fixes the alignment of the closing when a longer
KOMA signature is set. It also adds a dedicated regression
example and extends automated verification to cover this case.

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Francesco Luciano submitted an update to the

onlinebrief24

package.

Version: 2026-03-22
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Class for DIN 5008 type-B business letters for use with onlinebrief24.de

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This release adds an optional DIN-style information block for
business correspondence. The new `infoblock` option places fixed
reference and contact fields in the upper-right header area and
works in both the basic and modern letter styles.

The information-block labels are now localized for German,
English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, and Polish.
The package documentation and bundled CTAN examples have
also been refreshed with focused English examples for the
basic and modern layouts.

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Francesco Luciano submitted an update to the

onlinebrief24

package.

Version: 2026-03-27
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Class for DIN 5008 type-B business letters for use with onlinebrief24.de

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This release adds extensibility features, improves code quality,
and expands documentation and test coverage.

New commands:
- \addfooteritem{icon}{text} appends custom items to the modern-mode
footer (fontawesome5 icon + label, separated by the standard
vertical bar)
- \addinfoblockrow{label}{value} appends custom rows to the DIN-style
information block (empty values are silently omitted)
- \setinfoblocktopoffset, \setinfoblockrightedge, \setinfoblockcolwidths
allow tuning the information-block position and column widths
from the document preamble without editing the class file

Bug fixes:
- Fixed a bug where empty lines between localized label blocks
could cause unwanted \par tokens during class loading
- Replaced non-ASCII characters in comments and guides labels
with ASCII-safe variants for improved robustness across
all TeX engines

Internationalization:
- Expanded localized infoblock labels: now fully supports and
verifies german, english, french, spanish, italian, dutch,
and polish
- Dedicated ngerman infoblock label duplicates dropped; the
German labels now serve as the shared fallback for both
German variants

Internal improvements:
- Return-address font size centralised as named macros to
eliminate duplication
- DIN 5008 window coordinates extracted as named macros for
maintainability
- KOMA-Script internal macros used in \opening are now fully
documented with rationale and risk/mitigation notes

Documentation:
- New Guides Mode section explaining the DIN 5008 zone overlay
- New Extensibility section covering \addfooteritem,
\addinfoblockrow, and the layout-tuning API

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Francesco Luciano submitted an update to the

onlinebrief24

package.

Version: 2026-04-17
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: LaTeX class for DIN 5008 type-B business letters for use with onlinebrief24.de

Announcement text: ----------------------------------------------------------------------

This release fixes bugs in the modern-mode header, the extensibility
API, and the information block, and improves robustness of the class
internals.

Bug fixes:
- Fixed modern-mode header overflowing the right margin for long
sender names: the header parbox width is now computed via
\dimexpr\paperwidth-50mm\relax (160 mm on A4) instead of the invalid
\paperwidth-50mm literal
- Fixed \addinfoblockrow rendering stray text in the label column:
the empty-value test now expands the argument into a helper macro
before testing, so both internal macros and literal text passed
by the user are handled correctly
- Fixed \addinfoblockrow producing no output when none of the
built-in fields (yourref, ourref, contactname, etc.) are set;
the visibility guard now also checks for custom rows via
\addinfoblockrow
- Fixed incorrect icon name in the documentation
(\faXTwitter -> \faTwitter)

New behaviour:
- \addfooteritem now emits a class warning (\ClassWarningNoLine)
when called without the modern option, instead of silently
doing nothing
- \setfromname is deprecated; a class warning now recommends
using \setfromfirstname and \setfromlastname instead

Internal improvements:
- DIN 5008 window geometry centralised as named length constants
(\@obb@din*) shared by the picture-mode overlay and the TikZ
guides overlay, eliminating the previous drift between the
two rendering paths
- Modern-style calibration values (header/footer position, font
sizes) replaced by named constants for maintainability
- Footer field rendering consolidated into a single helper macro
(\@obb@renderfooterfield), removing five copies of the
separator logic
- Return-address width measurement extracted to
\@obb@measurereturnaddress, shared between validation
and rendering

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