[OS X TeX] LaTeXiT 1.3.1(Panther version) font question

[Morten Høgholm]

On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:53:27 +0200, Pierre Chatelier  
<pierre.chatelier at club-internet.fr> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>> So it seems that \normalfont is the solution to my problem of fonts  
>> that would be not used in boxes prior to \begin{document}
>
> But now, I realize that there is another problem... In text mode,  
> LaTeXiT does not care of \newlines and \\
> I suppose it is still related to the boxes...
> How can I make newlines in such boxes ?
[...]
> \begin{lrbox}{\latexitbox}
> foo\newline  %%%%%%%%%<-----------the text is here, newlines are not  
> taken in account
> bar\newline
> wiz\newline
> toto
> \end{lrbox}

An lrbox environment is LR mode (a.k.a. restricted horizontal mode), so  
line breaking makes no sense. Stick a minipage environment or \parbox  
inside it instead.
-- 
Morten
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