Suggestions for fbox

The following packages have something in common with the package fbox. The packages are ordered in decreasing similarity.

• alertmessage: Alert messages for LaTeX
• dashbox: Draw dashed boxes
• eqparbox: Create equal-widthed parboxes
• efbox: Extension of \fbox, with controllable frames and colours
• fancybox: Variants of \fbox and other games with boxes
• lroundrect: LaTeX macros for utilizing the roundrect METAPOST routines
• makebox: Defines a \makebox* command
• minibox: A simple type of box for LaTeX
• pbox: A variable-width \parbox command
• nccboxes: Elaborate box commands
• fitbox: Fit graphics on a page
• collectbox: Collect and process macro arguments as boxes
• realboxes: Variants of common box-commands that read their content as real box and not as macro argument
• grabbox: Read an argument into a box and execute the code afterwards
• boxedminipage: Framed minipages of a specified total width (text and frame combined)
• graphicxbox: Insert a graphical image as a background
• genmpage: Generalization of LaTeX's minipages
• longfbox: Draw framed boxes with standard CSS attributes that can break over multiple pages
• multibox: Multiple boxes and frames for the picture environment
• minipage-marginpar: Minipages with marginal notes
• parboxx: Two extra alignment options for \parbox
• setouterhbox: Set hbox in outer horizontal mode
• settobox: Assigning dimensions of a box to a length register
• varwidth: A variable-width minipage
• postit: A LaTeX package for displaying Post-it notes
• verbatimbox: Deposit verbatim text in a box
• ascmac: Boxes and picture macros with Japanese vertical writing support
• crbox: Boxes with crossed corners
• ghab: Typeset ghab boxes in LaTeX
• roundbox: Round boxes in LaTeX
• shadbox: Shade the background of any box