On Sunday 15 June 2008 21:59, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > Hello all, > > I've got a silly little problem that I can't seem to solve. > > I normally do my letters and other writing in LaTex. > > My wife has a poem she wants typed up in a particular format: > > First line unindented > next four lines indented > next line unindented > next four lines indented > > space > > next four lines unindented. > > It goes on like that. > > LaTex is very difficult for this sort of thing. The only environment > that lets me get the layout right is one of the verbatim ones but > then its in Typewriter rather than another font. She may also end up > wanting in a non-Latex font like Chancery. > [...]
Hi, I would try to use the "tabbing" environment in LaTex for this sort of thing. For a Chancery font you may want to look here: http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/zapfchan/ Best regards. Alfredo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]