CTAN package upload: skak v1.3
Date: October 3, 2003 1:15:59 PM CEST
A package has been updated on CTAN and by now should have made its
way through the maze of Internet connections to your favorite mirror.
Thanks for the update,
Jim Hefferon
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The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
Name of contribution: skak v1.3
Author's name: Torben Hoffmann
Location on CTAN: fonts/skak
Summary description: skak is used for typesetting of chess games
utilising the PGN standard
License type: lppl
Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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Changes from v1.2:
* Better typesetting of the moves; thanks to Dirk B�chle.
* A few corrections to the Informator symbols (Dirk again).
* Added URL's to PGN standard and the pgn2ltx tool.
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You can have a look at the package at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/skak
although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror
of CTAN that is near to you; see
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors
skak – Fonts and macros for typesetting chess games
This package provides macros and fonts in METAFONT format which can be used to typeset chess games using PGN, and to show diagrams of the current board in a document. The package builds on work by Piet Tutelaers — the main novelty is the use of PGN for input instead of the more cumbersome coordinate notation (g1f3 becomes the more readable Nf3 in PGN).
An Adobe Type 1 implementation of skak's fonts is available as package skaknew; an alternative chess notational scheme is available in package texmate, and a general mechanism for selecting chess fonts is provided in chessfss.
Package | skak |
Version | 1.5.3 |
Maintainer | Torben Hoffmann |