verbatimtex \documentclass{article} \usepackage{multicol} \begin{document} \def\lorem{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.} \def\loremii{\lorem \lorem} \def\loremiii{\lorem \lorem \lorem} \font\hv = phvr8r scaled 1200 \font\foofonti = cmfrak scaled 1200 \font\foofontii = cmcss12 scaled 1000 etex; def doc(suffix s)(expr pict) = picture s.p; s.p = pict; addto s.p doublepath bbox(s.p); pair s.size; s.size = (urcorner pict) - (llcorner pict); enddef; picture p; doc(a, btex \hv\vbox{\hsize=3cm\tolerance=10000\begin{multicols}{2}\loremii\end{multicols}}etex); doc(b, btex \sc\vbox{\raggedright\hsize=5cm\tolerance=10000\lorem}etex); doc(c, btex \rm\vbox{\hsize=5cm\tolerance=10000\lorem}etex); doc(d, btex \foofonti\vbox{\hsize=4cm\tolerance=10000\lorem}etex); doc(e, btex \foofontii\vbox{\hsize=6.5cm\tolerance=10000\lorem}etex); beginfig(1); addto currentpicture also a.p; addto currentpicture also b.p shifted(190,0); addto currentpicture also c.p shifted(0,-250); addto currentpicture also d.p shifted(180,-250); addto currentpicture also e.p shifted(0,-500); endfig; verbatimtex \end{document} etex end;