• Construct shapes using lines, moves and cubic Bezier segments;
• Edit shapes by changing the defining control points;
• Incorporate text and bitmap images (for annotation and background effects);
• Provide parameters for TeX’s \parshape command and for \shapepar (defined in the shapepar package);
• Construct frames for use with the flowfram package;
• Incorporate text and bitmap images (for annotation and background effects);
• Alternative text may be specified for use when exporting to a LaTeX file (e.g. if the text contains symbols or if it should be set in maths mode);
• Mappings may be used to specify what LaTeX font declarations should be used when exporting to a LaTeX file.

• a pgfpicture environment for use in LaTeX documents using the pgf package;
• a single-page LaTeX document (including the picture code);
• a LaTeX document based on the flowfram package;
• an encapsulated PostScript file;
• a PNG image file; or
• an SVG image file;

The author is Nicola Talbot.