• New on CTAN: modernnewspaper

    From CTAN Announcements@petra@ctan.org to CTAN Announcements on Wed Jan 7 19:16:34 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.text.tex

    Laitei submitted the

    modernnewspaper

    package.

    Version: 0.2.1 2026-01-07
    License: lppl1.3c

    Summary description: A modern, Unicode-first newspaper package for LaTeX

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

    The modernnewspaper package provides a modern, Unicode-first approach
    to creating newspaper-style documents in LaTeX.

    This initial release supports multi-column layouts, multilingual text
    including RTL scripts, Unicode-safe drop caps, and column-safe images.
    The package is intended for use with XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX.

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    The packagerCOs Catalogue entry can be viewed at
    https://ctan.org/pkg/modernnewspaper

    The packagerCOs files themselves can be inspected at
    https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/unicodetex/latex/modernnewspaper/

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    Thanks for the upload.

    For the CTAN Team
    Petra R|+be-Pugliese

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