Dear list,

I use for one of my own projects some code given by Wolfgang to Fabrice (see below), which is working fine : at the end of each chapter, I've placed a framed text as a summary (25 lines with few footnotes). I have 2 questions :

1. What are the keys to manage the space before and after the frame ? Here I have :
\defineframedtext

[MyFrame]

[before={\blank},

after={\blank},

frame=off,

background=MyFrame,

%width=\textwidth,

width=max,

height=fit,

style=regular]

But the [before={\blank} command forces the framed text to be printed on the next page. Is there other keys to better fit this framed text ?

2. As you see, the key style is 'regular' here; I know it might be 'italics' or 'bold'. But I want to play with the size of the fonts only in this frame. How can achieve that ?

Many thanks for your help.

This is the sample code :

% Begin framed text settings

\defineframedtext

[MyFrame]

[before={\blank},

after={\blank},

frame=off,

background=MyFrame,

%width=\textwidth,

width=max,

height=fit,

style=regular]

\definelabel

[Definition]

[headstyle=\bf\smallcaps]

\startuseMPgraphic{MyFrame}

path b;

picture p;

%p := textext.rt("\white\Definition");

p := textext.rt("\white\framedtextparameter{Title}");

%p := textext.rt("\white\getvariable{text}{text1}");

p := p shifted (2BodyFontSize,OverlayHeight-ypart center p+.25ExHeight);

b := boundingbox p leftenlarged .5EmWidth rightenlarged .5EmWidth;

fill OverlayBox withcolor lightgray; %\MPcolor{

fill b withcolor darkred;

draw bottomboundary OverlayBox withpen pencircle scaled 1pt withcolor

darkred;

draw topboundary OverlayBox withpen pencircle scaled 1pt withcolor

darkred;

draw p;

setbounds currentpicture to boundingbox currentpicture enlarged 2mm;

\stopuseMPgraphic

\defineoverlay

[MyFrame]

[\useMPgraphic{MyFrame}]

% end framed text settings