[OS X TeX] White vs. Transparent?

[William Adams]

On Mar 23, 2006, at 9:08 PM, david craig wrote:

> Jeepers, would it have been too much @&^$%@$!!#% trouble to put the  
> words "invisible" or "transparent" in the index of the bloody  
> Companion?
>
> I tried guessing, but I would not have stumbled on THAT.  Yes, I  
> see it now in some of the gnarly examples in Companion 2/e.
>
> Thanks for letting me in on the secret!  It's one Google didn't  
> turn up for me.
>
> (It's &@@$& like this that makes TeX only for those with a strong  
> constitution....)

Well, FWIW, earlier this week I posted the following to this list:

> Just set it in a font and size which reasonably approximates a
> typical student's handwriting in a \vphantom or other non-marking box
> w/ an \allowbreak or some such after and it'll ``just work''.

William

-- 
William Adams
senior graphic designer
Fry Communications



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