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%%  The LaTeX Graphics Companion, 2ed (first printing May 2007)
%% 
%%  Example 10-5-1 on page 699.
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%%  Copyright (C) 2007 Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach, Denis Roegel, Sebastian Rahtz, Herbert Vo\ss 
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%%  It may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions
%%  of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3
%%  of this license or (at your option) any later version.
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%%  See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
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\documentclass{ttctexa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{207.83385pt}

\newcommand\club{\ensuremath{\clubsuit}}
\newcommand\diam{\ensuremath{\diamondsuit}}
\newcommand\heart{\ensuremath{\heartsuit}}
\newcommand\spade{\ensuremath{\spadesuit}}

\StartShownPreambleCommands
% card commands as defined above
\newcommand{\hand}[4]{%
 \begin{minipage}[t]{8em}
 \begin{tabbing}
   \spade{} \= #1\\ \heart \> #2\\
   \diam    \> #3\\ \club  \> #4
 \end{tabbing}
 \end{minipage}}
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\hand{A}{A}{A 9}{Q}
\end{document}