CTAN update: figchild
Date: July 17, 2025 5:50:25 AM CEST
Fernando de Souza Bastos submitted an update to the
figchild
package.
Version: 3.1.1
License: lppl1.3c
Summary description: Pictures for creating children’s activities
Announcement text:
This update introduces full support for TikZ options directly within figure commands (e.g., \fcAbajourA[scale=0.5, rotate=45]), enabling more intuitive and flexible customization. Several figures were revised for better accuracy and consistency. The documentation has been improved with clearer examples.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/figchild The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/figchild/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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This update introduces full support for TikZ options directly within figure commands (e.g., \fcAbajourA[scale=0.5, rotate=45]), enabling more intuitive and flexible customization. Several figures were revised for better accuracy and consistency. The documentation has been improved with clearer examples.
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/figchild The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/figchild/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs
figchild – Pictures for creating children’s activities
This package was created with the aim of facilitating the work of Elementary School teachers who need to create colorful and attractive activities for their students. It is a product of the Computational Mathematics discipline offered at the Federal University of Viçosa — Campus UFV — Florestal by professor Fernando de Souza Bastos. At the time, professor Fernando was a faculty member at the UFV Florestal campus. Currently, he is a professor in the Department of Statistics at the UFV main campus in Viçosa.
The package makes use of the TikZ and xcolor packages.
| Package | figchild |
| Version | 3.1.1 |
| Copyright | 2021–2025 Fernando de Souza Bastos |
| Maintainer | Fernando de Souza Bastos |