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%%  The LaTeX Graphics Companion, 2ed (first printing May 2007)
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%%  Example 5-12-8 on page 273.
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%%  Copyright (C) 2007 Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach, Denis Roegel, Sebastian Rahtz, Herbert Vo\ss 
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\documentclass{ttctexa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{135.83385pt}
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{pstricks}
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\parbox{4cm}{The advertising price for this book is just
  \psovalbox[boxsep=false,linecolor=darkgray]{19.99\pounds},
  which is a very good price!}
\end{document}