Marc Penninga submitted an update to the
fontools
package.
Version: 2026-04-22
License: gpl2
Summary description: Tools to simplify using fonts (especially TT/OTF ones)
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This release brings a few changes to autoinst:
- The new “-opticalsizes” option allows manually setting or
overriding a font's optical size information.
Several recent font families (Fraunces, Literata) contain
multiple optical masters but no size information, instead
making each optical size a separate family.
The “-opticalsizes” option allows specifying the optical
size range for each master, so that the fonts can be used
as a single LaTeX family.
- Autoinst now prints an informational message for all weights
and widths that could not be mapped to standard NFSS codes.
- A few bug fixes.
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Lukas Rumpel submitted an update to the
register-transfer-level
package.
Version: 1.1
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Easily generate high-quality, publication-ready RTL diagrams
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Added functionality for hierarchical schematics.
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The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the
pdfmanagement
bundle.
Version: 0.97a 2026-04-21
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: LaTeX PDF management bundle
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Fix error when pdf/A-4e standard was used
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Stéphane Galland submitted an update to the
AutoLaTeX
package.
Version: 51.1
License: lgpl3
Summary description: Automate compilation of large scale LaTeX projects
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A major bug is fixed in the SVG Translator for layered figures.
The Beamer’s overlay syntax was not fully supported.
The utility class ‘SvgUtils’ was introduced for solving this issue.
The SVG translators are re-implemented based on this update.
Additionally, the collection of documentation has been moved from
Textile to Markdown.
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Volker Reichenberger submitted an update to the
nxtlatex
package.
Version: 1.2 2026-04-21
License: lppl1.3c ofl
Summary description: Classes and themes for faculty NXT (Reutlingen University)
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Version 1.2 adds two new packages (nxtlatexcolors, nxtlatexlogos)
providing a shared color palette and logo macros for all three
components.
New font options (segoeui, stix, fira) for nxtthesis.
Revised Beamer title page.
Logo installer scripts (getnxtlogos, getnxtlogos.ps1) for
automatic download from the university website.
Minor bug fixes in documentation and footer layout.
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Stéphane Galland submitted the
spim-phdthesisthemes
package.
Version: 20260420
License: lgpl3 other-nonfree
Summary description: Classes, styles and configuration files for writing PhD dissertations
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First release on CTAN for this collection of classes, styles and configuration files that permit to typeset PhD dissertations according the recommendations of the SPIM doctoal school in France.
spim-phdthesisthemes provides also advanced commands for creating fancy tables, figures, multifigures, and must more commands that are explained in the documentation.
spim-phdthesisthemes, contains two distinct types of material: one is released under LGPLv3 (src/ folder), the other is released under nonfree license (logos/ folder, see logos/LICENSE.logos for details).
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https://ctan.org/pkg/spim-phdthesisthemes
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Valentin Dao submitted the
query-astro
package.
Version: 0.1.0
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Querying astronomical databases in LaTeX
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This new, experimental package, similarly to fits-astro, offers a new way to work with astronomical
data in LaTeX. It allows users to query databases directly from their document using the ADQL
language. It does not depend on a particular engine or package, but it does require shell-escape to
be active. The result of the query is stored in a macro, which can in turn be used anywhere in the
document. This is particularly useful when typesetting tables that contain extensive data about a
celestial object, which can be retrieved automatically.
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https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/query-astro
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https://ctan.org/pkg/query-astro
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Lukas Rumpel submitted the
register-transfer-level
package.
Version: 1.0
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Easily generate high-quality, publication-ready RTL diagrams
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Register-Transfer-Level is a new package intended to create
publication-ready RTL diagrams. It is intended for hardware
designers, students, researchers, and everyone in need of an
easy-to-use tool to simplify the creation of these diagrams.
Register-Transfer-Level is designed to mimic hardware semantics
so that existing schematics can be drawn more intuitively.
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Stéphane Galland submitted the
ciad-beamertheme
package.
Version: 20260420
License: lgpl3 other-nonfree
Summary description: A beamer theme for creating modern presentations
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ciad-beamertheme LaTeX Beamer theme provides a professional
presentation style following the guidelines of the CIAD research
laboratory (Université de Technologie Belfort Montbéliard and
Université Bourgogne Europe).
The theme offers an extensive set of high-level commands that
emulate the ease of use found in PowerPoint’s Smart Objects,
including ready-to-use slide layouts for text with picture,
left or right lawn areas, grids of icons, single or animated
figures, embedded videos, book description slides, and
automatic final slides.
Predefined boxes and blocks with title headers, decorative corners,
icons, side anchors, and arrow sequences are available.
Visual customization includes ten background pictures,
random background selection, a dedicated color palette,
and code highlighting styles.
Special title pages are provided for standard presentations,
PhD or master oral defenses, and conference presentations.
The LaTeX source code is licensed under LGPLv3.0, while the
university and institution logos are under a nonfree license.
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Benoit Hamel submitted an update to the
hecthese
package.
Version: 3.0 2026-04-20
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: A class for dissertations and theses at HEC Montréal
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This third version of the class is the first major revision since 2023. It is also the first to make full use of the potential of the memoir class from which it is derived.
The source code has therefore been reviewed, simplified and completely rewritten from scratch. The following is a list of the major changes that distinguish this version of hecthese from the previous one:
- removal of French versions of commands and environments;
- customizable doctoral jury member list;
- optimized integration with the memoir document class;
- definitive adoption of biblatex for bibliographies;
- introduction of lualatex as the default compiler.
Minimum version of TeX Live required: 2025
Minimum version of memoir document class: 2025/10/02 v3.8.4
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