Received: via tmail-4.1(11) (invoked by user schoepf) for schoepf; Sun, 24 Sep 2000 17:08:01 +0200 (MEST) Received: from mailgate1.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE (mailgate1.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.8.56]) by mail.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA01425 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2000 17:08:00 +0200 (MEST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C02639.3AED5E80" Received: from mail.listserv.gmd.de (mail.listserv.gmd.de [192.88.97.5]) by mailgate1.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.11.0/8.10.2) with ESMTP id e8OF80U06102 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2000 17:08:00 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mail.listserv.gmd.de (192.88.97.5) by mail.listserv.gmd.de (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <2.72A95254@mail.listserv.gmd.de>; Sun, 24 Sep 2000 17:07:56 +0200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Received: from RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8b) with spool id 471298 for LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Sun, 24 Sep 2000 17:07:55 +0200 Received: from ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (mail.urz.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.119.234]) by relay.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA28596 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2000 17:07:53 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from relay.uni-heidelberg.de (relay.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.212]) by ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA14516 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2000 17:07:53 +0200 Received: from musse.tninet.se (musse.tninet.se [195.100.94.12]) by relay.uni-heidelberg.de (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA11464 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2000 17:07:54 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (qmail 6673 invoked from network); 24 Sep 2000 17:07:52 +0200 Received: from delenn.tninet.se (HELO algonet.se) (195.100.94.104) by musse.tninet.se with SMTP; 24 Sep 2000 17:07:52 +0200 Received: from [195.100.226.138] (du138-226.ppp.su-anst.tninet.se [195.100.226.138]) by delenn.tninet.se (BLUETAIL Mail Robustifier 2.2.1) with ESMTP id 359432.808069.969delenn-s0 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2000 17:07:49 +0200 Return-Path: X-Sender: haberg@pop.matematik.su.se (Unverified) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Graphical signature Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 16:06:23 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "Hans Aberg" Sender: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" To: "Multiple recipients of list LATEX-L" Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 3607 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C02639.3AED5E80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I tried to use to the LaTeX letter style together with a signature in graphics format (convenient for example if one should fax = electronically). However, the following does not work \documentclass{letter} \usepackage{graphics} ... \signature{\includegraphics[0,h][a,b+h]{MySignature.epsf}} ... \closing{Bye bye,} because no matter what value one chooses for h, the letter style will = set space below the \closing{} statement in order to make place for the handwritten signature. The following does not work either \signature{My Name} ... \closing{Bye bye,\\% \includegraphics[a,b]{MySignature.epsf}} because then one will get space between the EPSF signature and the = typeset name, room reserved for the handwritten signature. This form isn't very logical, because the graphical signature clearly belongs to the = \signature statement. So there appears to be no convenient way to replace the space allocated = for a handwritten signature with a graphical one. It seems therefore that one should be able to write \signature[\includegraphics[0,h][a,b+h]{MySignature.epsf}]{My Name} ... \closing{Bye bye,} -- Thus if the optional argument of \signature is present, it takes the place of the space otherwise allocated for a handwritten signature. Hans Aberg ------_=_NextPart_001_01C02639.3AED5E80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Graphical signature

I tried to use to the LaTeX letter style together with = a signature in
graphics format (convenient for example if one should = fax electronically).
However, the following does not work
  \documentclass{letter}
  \usepackage{graphics}
  ...
  = \signature{\includegraphics[0,h][a,b+h]{MySignature.epsf}}
  ...
  \closing{Bye bye,}
because no matter what value one chooses for h, the = letter style will set
space below the \closing{} statement in order to make = place for the
handwritten signature.

The following does not work either
  \signature{My Name}
  ...
  \closing{Bye bye,\\%
    = \includegraphics[a,b]{MySignature.epsf}}
because then one will get space between the EPSF = signature and the typeset
name, room reserved for the handwritten signature. = This form isn't very
logical, because the graphical signature clearly = belongs to the \signature
statement.

So there appears to be no convenient way to replace = the space allocated for
a handwritten signature with a graphical one.

It seems therefore that one should be able to = write
  = \signature[\includegraphics[0,h][a,b+h]{MySignature.epsf}]{My = Name}
  ...
  \closing{Bye bye,}

-- Thus if the optional argument of \signature is = present, it takes the
place of the space otherwise allocated for a = handwritten signature.

  Hans Aberg

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