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9. Installing the LaTeX style and the fonts (++)

The LaTeX files created by ChessTask rely on a special style file `skak.sty' and its font files. The skak package was written by Torben Hoffmann and offers a lot of useful features for writing about chess, in fact ChessTask uses only some of them ... so check it out!

The required files have to be added manually to your TeX/LaTeX installation. You can find a copy of the skak distribution v1.3 in the directory `rsc/skak/' of the ChessTask directory. However, it might be a good idea to scan the CTAN for a newer version of the skak package. There you can also find skaknew, a true Type1 Postscript font replacing and extending the font files of skak. It was beautifully arranged by Ulrich Dirr, a professional designer, and is definitely worth a try. But now back to the installation itself...

Now TeX/LaTeX is able to find the style `skak.sty' and the fonts and should process the files created by ChessTask without any problems.


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