Francesco Luciano submitted an update to the

onlinebrief24

package.

Version: 2026-03-27 License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Class for DIN 5008 type-B business letters for use with onlinebrief24.de

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This release adds extensibility features, improves code quality, and expands documentation and test coverage.

New commands: - \addfooteritem{icon}{text} appends custom items to the modern-mode footer (fontawesome5 icon + label, separated by the standard vertical bar) - \addinfoblockrow{label}{value} appends custom rows to the DIN-style information block (empty values are silently omitted) - \setinfoblocktopoffset, \setinfoblockrightedge, \setinfoblockcolwidths allow tuning the information-block position and column widths from the document preamble without editing the class file

Bug fixes: - Fixed a bug where empty lines between localized label blocks could cause unwanted \par tokens during class loading - Replaced non-ASCII characters in comments and guides labels with ASCII-safe variants for improved robustness across all TeX engines

Internationalization: - Expanded localized infoblock labels: now fully supports and verifies german, english, french, spanish, italian, dutch, and polish - Dedicated ngerman infoblock label duplicates dropped; the German labels now serve as the shared fallback for both German variants

Internal improvements: - Return-address font size centralised as named macros to eliminate duplication - DIN 5008 window coordinates extracted as named macros for maintainability - KOMA-Script internal macros used in \opening are now fully documented with rationale and risk/mitigation notes

Documentation: - New Guides Mode section explaining the DIN 5008 zone overlay - New Extensibility section covering \addfooteritem, \addinfoblockrow, and the layout-tuning API

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Thanks for the upload.

For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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