ctan-ann

CTAN update: pgf-PeriodicTable

2026-09-14T22:51:24Z

Hugo Gomes submitted an update to the

                pgf-PeriodicTable

package.

Version: 2.1.7 2026-09-13
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: Create custom periodic tables of elements

Announcement text:*** v2.1.7 (13/09/2026) ***
Fixed an issue that occurred under certain conditions, resulting in incorrect sizing of cell contents
Reinsertion of 'The Commands' section in the manual (omitted by mistake in v2.1.6)
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CTAN update: tikzphysics

2026-09-14T18:21:32Z

Vaibhav Blayer submitted an update to the

                tikzphysics

package.

Version: 1.3.0
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: TikZ-native shapes and anchors for classical physics diagrams

Announcement text:tikzphysics 1.3.0 adds continuous tapered pulley edges to the left-, right-,
and two-wall platform shapes. The pulley edge presets retain one closed,
patterned platform path while providing a projecting pulley centre, an inset
wall root, and named or numeric anchors along the transition. Shared and

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New on CTAN: abntexto-ufc

2026-09-14T18:12:28Z

Tiago Guimarães Sombra submitted the

                 abntexto-ufc

package.

Version: 3.0.1
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Unofficial LaTeX class for academic works following UFC-oriented formatting

Announcement text:Initial CTAN release of abntexto-ufc, an unofficial LaTeX class for academic 
works at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Brazil.


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CTAN update: luciole

2026-09-14T17:58:02Z

Daniel Flipo submitted an update to the

                 luciole

package.

Version: 0.75 2026-09-11
License: cc-by-4 ofl lppl1.3c

Summary description: Accessibility-focused OpenType font for LuaTeX and XeTeX

Announcement text:- Text fonts updated to version 2.001.
- \setminus (U+2113) and \smallsetminus (U+E074) have now different glyphs.
- \ell (U+2113) is now upright. \mscrl (U+1D4C1) and \mbfscrl (U+1D4F5)

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CTAN update: ENSLyonReview

2026-09-14T14:26:01Z

Adama Mbaye submitted an update to the

                ENSLyonReview

package.

Version:  1.1 2026-09-10
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A LaTeX class for M2 Biosciences bibliographic reviews at ENS de Lyon

Announcement text: Changes since v1.0: siunitx demo updated to v3 syntax (\qty/\unit)
 with a live-executing example, per user feedback;
 typographic ellipsis fixes (\ldots instead of "...") throughout

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CTAN update: show-pdf-tags

2026-09-14T13:54:07Z

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

                     show-pdf-tags

package.

Version:  1.6
License:  mit

Summary description:  Extract PDF tags from tagged PDF files

Announcement text: The XML output from show-pdf-tags has been extended to show the
 AF relationship and media-type of associated files.


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CTAN update: tugboat-plain

2026-09-14T08:16:04Z

Karl Berry submitted an update to the

                tugboat-plain

package.

Version:  1.33 2026-09-12
License:  other-free

Summary description:  Plain TeX macros for TUGboat

Announcement text: An update to the tugboat-plain package, for TUGboat articles using
 plain TeX, now v1.33 2026-09-12. Notable changes:


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CTAN update: fitch

2026-09-13T19:10:43Z

Richard Zach submitted an update to the

                   fitch

package.

Version:  1.1 2026-09-12
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  LaTeX macros for Fitch-style natural deduction

Announcement text: Adds basic support to fitch for PDF tagging

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CTAN update: CircuiTikZ

2026-09-13T18:37:06Z

Romano Giannetti submitted an update to the

                   CircuiTikZ

package.

Version:  1.8.7 2026-09-12
License:  lppl gpl

Summary description:  Draw electrical networks with TikZ

Announcement text: Quite a bit of work on the HTML version of the manual, and a new
 three-phase symbol.
 Also fixes a bit of manual formatting and a wrong anchor

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CTAN update: tocloft

2026-09-13T11:51:20Z

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

                     tocloft

package.

Version:  3.0c 2026-09-12
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Control table of contents, figures, etc.

Announcement text: * do not error if patching `\@starttoc` fails.

 * added missing Reference structure in `\chapterprecis` toc entry

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CTAN update: jss-lint

2026-09-13T06:35:58Z

Manuel Koller submitted an update to the

                   jss-lint

package.

Version:  1.2.0
License:  mit

Summary description:  Style checker for Journal of Statistical Software manuscripts

Announcement text: jss-lint 1.2.0 reports the measured recall on every run, lists which
 JSS style-guide provisions it does and does not check (`coverage`),
 adds a baseline mode for manuscripts that predate the tool, accepts

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CTAN update: polyglossia

2026-09-12T08:23:50Z

Jürgen Spitzmüller submitted an update to the

                 polyglossia

package.

Version:  2.13 2026-09-11
License:  mit lppl1.3 cc0

Summary description:  An alternative to babel for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX

Announcement text: Bug fixes
 * Add missing BCP-47 alias gloss files for nn (Norwegian),
   pl (Polish), pt (Portuguese), ro (Romanian), ru (Russian),

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CTAN update: intexgral

2026-09-12T06:25:41Z

Valentin Dao submitted an update to the

                 intexgral

package.

Version:  4.2.0 2026-09-10
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A LaTeX package for typesetting integrals

Announcement text: Changes
 ----------------
 Added

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CTAN update: regulatory

2026-09-11T15:50:47Z

Erik Nijenhuis submitted an update to the

                 regulatory

package.

Version:  1.0.0 2026-09-10
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Flexible drafting of legal documents, especially in Dutch

Announcement text: regulatory 1.0.0 is the first stable release of the package for
 structured legal documents in LaTeX.
 It provides articles, paragraphs, points and definitions, legal

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CTAN update: ltx-talk

2026-09-11T14:21:28Z

Joseph Wright submitted an update to the

                ltx-talk

package.

Version: 0.6.3 2026-09-10
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: A class for typesetting (accessible) presentations

Announcement text:## [v0.6.3] - 2026-09-10

### Fixed


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CTAN update: hawkdraw

2026-09-11T14:21:27Z

Jasper Habicht submitted an update to the

                hawkdraw

package.

Version: 0.9.0 2026-09-07
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Draw vector graphics using l3draw with a simple syntax

Announcement text:- Adding option to apply shadings to strokes;
- Fixing bug in pattern module;
- Fixing bug in setting miter limit;
- Fixing bug in positioning of node contents.

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CTAN update: ENSLyonStage

2026-09-11T06:58:50Z

Adama Mbaye submitted an update to the

                  ENSLyonStage

package.

Version:  2.2 2026-09-06
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Document class for M1/M2 biosciences internship reports at ENS de Lyon

Announcement text: Version 2.2 of enslyonstage is available on CTAN.

 Changes since v2.1:

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CTAN update: babel

2026-09-10T19:54:33Z

Javier Bezos López submitted an update to the

                 babel

package.

Version: 26.12 2026-09-09
License: lppl1.3

Summary description: Multilingual support for LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and Plain TeX

Announcement text:Changes in version 26.12 are described in:

https://latex3.github.io/babel/news/whats-new-in-babel-26.12.html

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New on CTAN: lora

2026-09-10T19:54:22Z

Dmitriy Nosachev submitted the

                 lora

package.

Version: 0.1
License: ofl lppl1.3c

Summary description: OpenType font for LuaTeX and XeTeX

Announcement text:The package provides support for the Lora font for engines using fontspec 
(LuaLaTeX and XeLaTeX).


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CTAN update: linguexx

2026-09-10T17:50:28Z

Gerhard Schaden submitted an update to the

                 linguexx

package.

Version: 1.3 2026-09-09
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: A tagging-aware package for typesetting linguistic examples and glosses

Announcement text:linguexx 1.3 is a mainly a bugfix release, but contains several quality-of-life improvements.

New in 1.3:

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CTAN update: academicons

2026-09-10T14:59:53Z

Diogo Fernandes submitted an update to the

                 academicons

package.

Version: 1.9.6-3 2026-09-09
License: lppl1.3c ofl

Summary description: Font containing high quality icons of online academic profiles

Announcement text:
XeTeX fix: https://github.com/diogo-fernan/academicons/pull/22.

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CTAN update: l3build

2026-09-10T14:57:45Z

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

                      l3build

package.

Version:  2026-09-09
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  A testing and building system for (La)TeX

Announcement text: ### Added

 - `\REGRESSIONTESTFILEDATE`, version of `l3build` (issue \#456)

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CTAN update: l3kernel-dev

2026-09-10T14:20:51Z

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the

                   l3kernel-dev

package.

Version:  2026-09-09
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Development pre-release of l3kernel

Announcement text: ### Changed

 - Apply transparency group to PDF images via an Xform object

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New on CTAN: mayanumber

2026-09-10T07:16:41Z

Manuel López Mateos submitted the

                mayanumber

package.

Version:  1.0 2026-09-09
License:  mit

Summary description:  Mayan numerals and vigesimal notation with positional floor colors

Announcement text: The mayanumber package typesets Mayan numerals (dots and bars) and
 vigesimal alphabetic notation with a seven-color positional cycle,
 for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX, with unlimited magnitude.

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CTAN update: FHJ-Script

2026-09-10T06:30:16Z

Michael E. Hammer submitted an update to the

                   FHJ-Script

package.

Version:  4.3c 2026-09-08
License:  lppl1.3

Summary description:  Classes and packages for formatting documents for FH JOANNEUM

Announcement text: Bug fix on title page - line break was missing

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CTAN update: AutoLaTeX

2026-09-09T14:09:54Z

Stéphane Galland submitted an update to the

                AutoLaTeX

package.

Version: 51.2
License: lgpl3

Summary description: Automate compilation of large scale LaTeX projects

Announcement text:
Remove dependency to an unnecessary Python library (mistune) from the SVG translator.This package is located at

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New on CTAN: hyph-malagasy

2026-09-09T12:59:49Z

Bruno Bakys Ralahady submitted the

                hyph-malagasy

package.

Version:  0.3.1-dev 2026-09-02
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Hyphenation patterns for Malagasy (early development preview)

Announcement text: [English] First upload (early development preview, flat structure)
 of hyphenation patterns for Malagasy. NOT YET READY for integration
 into TeX distributions – provided for display and review only, at

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New on CTAN: UniPersian

2026-09-09T12:58:24Z

Amer Amikhteh submitted the

                UniPersian

package.

Version:  0.1.0 2026-09-08
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Persian language support for LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, and XeLaTeX using Babel

Announcement text: Initial release of unipersian, a Babel-based package for Persian
 typesetting in LaTeX. LuaTeX is recommended, with XeTeX and pdfTeX
 also supported.

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CTAN update: ltx-talk

2026-09-09T07:47:59Z

Joseph Wright submitted an update to the

                 ltx-talk

package.

Version: 0.6.2 2026-09-07
License: lppl1.3c

Summary description: A class for typesetting (accessible) presentations

Announcement text:## [v0.6.2] - 2026-09-07

### Fixed

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New on CTAN: mtp2otf

2026-09-08T19:29:31Z

Mizuki Sato submitted the

                mtp2otf

package.

Version: 1.0
License: 0bsd

Summary description: Convert MathTime Professional 2 fonts to native OpenType MATH fonts

Announcement text:Initial release of mtp2otf, a converter that builds native OpenType
MATH OTF and TTF fonts from an existing MathTime Professional 2 Lite
or Complete installation. The generated fonts can be used with
Unicode TeX and Microsoft Word. No MTPro2 fonts are distributed with

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CTAN update: ciad-beamertheme

2026-09-08T19:28:11Z

Stéphane Galland submitted an update to the

                ciad-beamertheme

package.

Version: 20260907
License: lgpl3 other-nonfree

Summary description: A beamer theme for creating modern presentations

Announcement text:
The slides that contain videos now accept a heading text at the top of the videos.This package is located at

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CTAN update: numodel-bundle

2026-09-08T19:02:17Z

Paul Zuurbier submitted an update to the

                numodel-bundle

package.

Version:  0.9.1 2026-09-07
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Numerical physics models with Forrester diagrams and auto-sized plots

Announcement text: This release is numodel-plot only; numodel is version-synced with no
 functional changes.  It is also the first published release carrying
 the 0.9.0 work: that archive was prepared but never published, so the

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