Probably not for your thesis, but nevertheless worth checking out: Hanno Rein wrote the LaTeX Coffee Stains package which adds beautiful coffee stains to documents.
Usage (coffee4)
\usepackage{coffee4}
...
\cofeAm{alpha}{scale}{angle}{xoff}{yoff}
\cofeBm{alpha}{scale}{angle}{xoff}{yoff}
\cofeCm{alpha}{scale}{angle}{xoff}{yoff}
\cofeDm{alpha}{scale}{angle}{xoff}{yoff}
Stains
cofeAm: 270° circle stain (see example above)cofeBm: 60° circle staincofeCm: two splashes, light colorcofeDm: colorful twin splash (see example below)
Parameters
alpha: transparency factor [0,1]scale: scale factor (default: 1)angle: angle in degreesxoff: horizontal placementyoff: vertical placement
Some sample code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{coffee4}
\begin{document}
\cofeAm{1}{1}{90}{5.5cm}{5.5cm}
\Blindtext
\cofeDm{0.5}{0.2}{0}{3cm}{3cm}
\blindtext
\end{document}
I had to typeset the document twice for the stains to appear. Also, drawing the stains may take a few seconds.
Check out the website for more details and the latest version of the package. The version used to generate the examples above can be downloaded here (coffee4). Coffee4 works with pdfLaTeX and provides more flexibility in terms of size of the stains and placement.
June 21st, 2012 at 8:28 am
That’s really great for a little fun with LaTeX. Why can’t the Tex Live Utility find the package coffee4?
June 21st, 2012 at 8:45 am
I totally agree. The package is not (yet) part of the main distribution. But you can always manually install additional packages.
Cheers, Tom.
June 22nd, 2012 at 4:48 pm
more fun with coffee (not tex related, sorry): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZigVLW09YY
as for the package, if it’s on ctan and released under a free software license, it’ll make its way into TL in another week or two, after the release freeze is over.
k
June 23rd, 2012 at 10:36 am
Thanks for the link and the clarification. Best, tom.
June 23rd, 2012 at 10:10 am
I can’t get the pdf since I get the error:
! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted).
/
l.18 \cofeAm{1}{1.0}{0}{5.5cm}{3cm}
I use TexShop on Mac OS X.
Any suggestion?
Thanks, Jose.
June 23rd, 2012 at 10:24 am
It would help if you provided a few lines of code to illustrated what you are doing and for me to reproduce the issue. Thanks, Tom.
July 2nd, 2012 at 1:19 am
This would be perfect for a draft copy! Love it.
July 4th, 2012 at 2:02 am
Thanks! Tom.