I am looking for ideas on how to have make sure a sentence is clearly shown as being important to read.
For example, a book may have a few paragraphs, then an offset paragraph that clearly says "Security Note: ...".
Some books do it with icons (graphics).
attached an example which uses the original icons from the TeXbook. The bomb icon works only with PostScript output or ps2pdf, if you nbeed pdf
Herbert
#LyX 1.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 221 \textclass scrartcl \begin_preamble \usepackage{pstricks} \usepackage{multido} \usepackage{manfnt} \usepackage{lettrine} \newsavebox{\dBox} \newenvironment{dangerPar*} {\gdef\dangerSym{\dbend\,[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] \newenvironment{dangerPar} {\gdef\dangerSym{\dbend\phantom{\,[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] \begin{lrbox}{\dBox} \minipage[c]{\linewidth-\widthof{\dangerSym}-\columnsep}% } [EMAIL PROTECTED] \endminipage \end{lrbox}% \trivlist\item\relax \noindent \minipage[c]{\widthof{\dangerSym}} \raisebox{\height}[.9\height][.1\height]{\dangerSym}% ??? \endminipage \hfill \minipage[c]{\wd\dBox} \usebox{\dBox} \endminipage% \endtrivlist } \newsavebox{\bombbox} \sbox\bombbox{% \psset{unit=.55ex}% \begin{pspicture}(-4,-4)(4,4) \pscircle[fillcolor=gray,fillstyle=solid]{4} \rput{45}{\scaleboxto(6,0){\textsf{\textbf{PS}}}} \psellipse*(0,3.8)(1,.2) \psellipse*(0,5.5)(1,.2) \psframe*(-1,3.8)(1,5.5) \psbezier(0,5.5)(0,7)(1,8)(3.5,8) \multido{\r=-0+40}{9}{\rput{\r}(3.5,8){\psline(0,0)(.4,0)}} \end{pspicture}% }
\newcommand\danger{%
\lettrine[lines=2,lraise=0.65,nindent=0pt,findent=.5em]{\normalsize\dbend}}
\newcommand\ddanger{%
\lettrine[lines=2,lraise=0.65,nindent=0pt,findent=.5em]{%
\normalsize\dbend\,\dbend}}
\newcommand\DANGER{%
\lettrine[lines=3,lraise=0.01,lhang=0,nindent=0pt,findent=.75em]{%
\usebox\bombbox}}
\end_preamble
\language ngerman
\inputencoding latin1
\fontscheme default
\graphics default
\paperfontsize 12
\spacing single
\papersize Default
\paperpackage a4
\use_geometry 0
\use_amsmath 0
\use_natbib 0
\use_numerical_citations 0
\paperorientation portrait
\paperwidth 17cm
\paperheight 22cm
\leftmargin 1.2cm
\topmargin 1.4cm
\rightmargin 1.7cm
\bottommargin 1.4cm
\headsep 1cm
\secnumdepth 4
\tocdepth 4
\paragraph_separation skip
\defskip medskip
\quotes_language german
\quotes_times 2
\papercolumns 1
\papersides 2
\paperpagestyle default
\layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed
\layout Standard
\backslash
danger{}
\end_inset
This is the deafult danger box.
You get it with
\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed
\layout Standard
\backslash
verb+
\backslash
danger+
\end_inset
as first command of the paragraph.
This is the deafult danger box.
You get it with
\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed
\layout Standard
\backslash
verb+
\backslash
danger+
\end_inset
as first command of the paragraph.
This is the deafult danger box.
You get it with
\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed
\layout Standard
\backslash
verb+
\backslash
danger+
\end_inset
as first command of the paragraph.
This is the deafult danger box.
You get it with
\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed
\layout Standard
\backslash
verb+
\backslash
danger+
\end_inset
as first command of the paragraph.
This is the deafult danger box.
You get it with
\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed
\layout Standard
\backslash
verb+
\backslash
danger+
\end_inset
as first command of the paragraph.
\layout Standard
\added_space_top bigskip
\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed
\layout Standard
\backslash
ddanger{}
\end_inset
This is the deafult double danger box.
You get it with
\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed
\layout Standard
\backslash
verb+
\backslash
ddanger+
\end_inset
as first command of the paragraph.
This is the deafult double danger box.
You get it with
\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed
\layout Standard
\backslash
verb+
\backslash
ddanger+
\end_inset
as first command of the paragraph.
This is the deafult double danger box.
You get it with
\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed
\layout Standard
\backslash
verb+
\backslash
ddanger+
\end_inset
as first command of the paragraph.
This is the deafult double danger box.
You get it with
\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed
\layout Standard
\backslash
verb+
\backslash
ddanger+
\end_inset
as first command of the paragraph.
This is the deafult double danger box.
You get it with
\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed
\layout Standard
\backslash
verb+
\backslash
ddanger+
\end_inset
as first command of the paragraph.
\layout Standard
\added_space_top bigskip
\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed
\layout Standard
\backslash
DANGER{}
\end_inset
This is the deafult bomb box.
You get it with
\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed
\layout Standard
\backslash
verb+
\backslash
DANGER{}+
\end_inset
as first command of the paragraph.
This is the deafult bomb box.
You get it with
\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed
\layout Standard
\backslash
verb+
\backslash
DANGER{}+
\end_inset
as first command of the paragraph.
This is the deafult bomb box.
You get it with
\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed
\layout Standard
\backslash
verb+
\backslash
DANGER{}+
\end_inset
as first command of the paragraph.
This is the deafult bomb box.
You get it with
\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed
\layout Standard
\backslash
verb+
\backslash
DANGER{}+
\end_inset
as first command of the paragraph.
This is the deafult bomb box.
You get it with
\begin_inset ERT
status Collapsed
\layout Standard
\backslash
verb+
\backslash
DANGER{}+
\end_inset
as first command of the paragraph.
\the_end
