MAIN.tex

\documentclass[DIV=21,paper=A5,fontsize=10pt,twopage]{scrartcl}
%\documentclass[DIV=21,paper=20cm:20cm,9pt]{scrartcl}
\def\spal{2}
\setlength{\columnseprule}{0.4pt} % line between column
\usepackage{standalone}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{lettrine}

\usepackage{yfonts}\usepackage{soul}
\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.text}
%\usepackage{libertineotf}


\usepackage{dingbat}
\usepackage{collect}
\usepackage{ulem}
\definecollection{trs}

%\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}
\usepackage{cleveref}
%\hypersetup{
%pdftitle={Pentagame Regulae Rules Regeln Regles},
%pdfsubject={Pentagame Rules in Many Languages},
%pdfauthor={Jan Suchanek et al.},
%pdfkeywords={Pentagame board game rules explained latin english german deutsch latine francais russian chinese spanish espaniol}
%}



%\usepackage{tikzpeople}

\usepackage{mdframed}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\usepackage{xeCJK}
\providecommand{\chapterformat}{}
\setmainlanguage{english}
\setotherlanguages{french,ngerman,latin,bahasai,farsi,russian,greek,spanish,georgian,swedish,polish,danish,turkish,dutch,finnish,arabic}

\DeclareTextCommandDefault{\cyrdash}{\hbox to.8em{---}~}

\makeatletter
\newcommand\footnoteref[1]{\protected@xdef\@thefnmark{\ref{#1}}\@footnotemark}
\makeatother

\newCJKfontfamily{\tradChinesefont}{AR PL UKai HK}[BoldFont=Noto Sans CJK TC Bold]
\newfontfamily\arabicfont[Script=Arabic]{Amiri}
\newfontfamily\arabicfontsf[Script=Arabic]{Amiri}
\newfontfamily\georgianfont[Script=Georgian]{FreeSerif}
\usepackage{setspace}

\usepackage{marvosym} % for heart shape
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{shapepar}

% does not seem necessary at all?!
%\setmainfont{FreeSans}
\setsansfont{FreeSans}
\setmainfont{FreeSerif}
%\setmonofont{FreeSerif}

\usepackage{tikz}
\raggedbottom
\raggedcolumns
\clubpenalty = 10000
\widowpenalty = 10000
\displaywidowpenalty = 10000

\newcommand{\noun}[1]{\textsc{#1}}

\newcounter{oldpage}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\paragraph{%
\@startsection{paragraph}{4}%
{\z@}{1ex\@plus 1ex \@minus .2ex}%
{0.2ex \@plus .2ex}%
  {\sffamily\normalsize\bfseries}%
 }
 \makeatother

%%% Document specific commands

\newcommand{\myskip}{\smallskip}
\newcommand{\headline}{{\LARGE{}Pentagame}}
\newcommand{\tocent}{}
\newcommand{\translator}{}
\newcommand{\general}{}
\newcommand{\choosext}{}
\newcommand{\choosex}{}
\newcommand{\setupt}{}
\newcommand{\setup}{}
\newcommand{\objectivet}{}
\newcommand{\objective}{}
\newcommand{\rulest}{}
\newcommand{\rules}{}
\newcommand{\website}{\textsf{\textbf{pentagame.org}}}
\newcommand{\myhead}{\begin{centering}{\sffamily\Large{\textbf\headline}}\end{centering}}


%%% THE ACTUAL LAYOUT %%%
\newcommand{\layout}{
    \begin{mdframed}
        \centering {{{\Large{\textbf{\tocent}}}}}
    \end{mdframed}
    \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\tocent}
    \begin{multicols}{2}
    \general
    \paragraph*{\choosext}
    \choosex
    \paragraph*{\setupt}
    \setup
    \paragraph*{\objectivet}
    \objective
    \paragraph*{\rulest}
    \rules
    \par
    %\hfill{\footnotesize{(\translator)}}
    \end{multicols}
    \newpage
}

%%% Arabic Layout
\newcommand{\layoutara}{
    \begin{mdframed}
        \centering {{{\Large{\textbf{\tocent}}}}}
    \end{mdframed}
    \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\tocent}
    \begin{multicols}{2}
    %\RLmulticolcolumns
    \RTLmulticolcolumns  %% Only this works properly with the bidi package
        \general\par
        \medskip\uline{\textbf{\choosext}}\par\smallskip
        \choosex\par
        \medskip\uline{\textbf{\setupt}}\par\smallskip
        \setup\par
        \medskip\uline{\textbf{\objectivet}}\par\smallskip
        \objective\par
        \medskip\uline{\textbf{\rulest}}\par\smallskip
        \rules
    %\hfill{\footnotesize{(\translator)}}
    \end{multicols}
    \newpage
}


%% FRAKTUR LAYOUT

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    %\renewcommand{\frakdefault}{ysmfrak}
    \frakfamily\fraklines
    \large
    \begin{mdframed}
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    \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\textfrak{\tocent}}
    \begin{multicols}{2}
        \general\par
        \medskip\textswab{Poppen}\par\smallskip  % frak seems not to work with a command!
        \choosex\par
        \medskip\textswab{Opbuu}\par\smallskip
        \setup\par
        \medskip\textswab{Teel vun de Speel}\par\smallskip
        \objective\par
        \medskip\textswab{Regelwark}\par\smallskip
        \rules
    %\hfill{\footnotesize{(\translator)}}
    \end{multicols}
    \newpage
}

\setlength{\parskip}{0ex}
\setlength{\parindent}{0cm}


\title{\so{PENTAGAME}}
%\subtitle{The diceless pentagram shaped board game}
\author{Jan Suchanek}
\date{}
%\publishers{\includegraphics[width=0.382\textwidth]{Pentagame-board-nob.png}}
\publishers{\input{pentagameinblue.tex}}


%% Actual Document. Calling the content first, then printing the same layout.

\begin{document}

\maketitle
\thispagestyle{empty}
\setlength\columnsep{50pt}


\vfill

\begin{multicols}{3}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\tableofcontents{%
    \@starttoc{toc}%
}
\makeatother

\tableofcontents
\end{multicols}
\setlength\columnsep{10pt}

%\newpage\thispagestyle{empty}
%\emph{`Eon is a child at play, moving counters; the kingdom is a child's.'}

%\hfill ---\noun{Heraclitus}

%\hfill B52DK

%\vspace{25ex}
%\begin{center}
%    \input{pentalpha.tex}
%\end{center}
%\vfill

%Berlin $2020$

\newpage

%1. doppelseite
\begin{otherlanguage}{latin}
    \input{latine.tex}
    \layout 
\end{otherlanguage}

\input{english.tex}%% English 
\layout

%2. doppelseite
\begin{otherlanguage}{french}
    \input{francais.tex}
    \layout
\end{otherlanguage}

\begin{otherlanguage}{spanish}
    \input{espaniol.tex}
    \layout
\end{otherlanguage}

%3. doppelseite
\begin{otherlanguage}{ngerman}
    \input{deutsch.tex}
    \layout
\end{otherlanguage}

\begin{otherlanguage}{german} % platt
    \input{platt.tex}
    \layout%frak 
\end{otherlanguage}

%4. doppelseite
\begin{otherlanguage}{dutch}
\input{nederlands.tex}
\layout
\end{otherlanguage}

\begin{otherlanguage}{danish}
\input{danish.tex}
\layout
\end{otherlanguage}

%5. doppelseite - HEFTMITTE
\begin{otherlanguage}{polish}
    \input{polski.tex}
    \layout
\end{otherlanguage}

\begin{otherlanguage}{russian}
    \input{russian.tex}
    \raggedright
    {\layout}
\end{otherlanguage}

%6. doppelseite
\begin{otherlanguage}{swedish}
    \input{swedish.tex}
    \layout
\end{otherlanguage}

\begin{otherlanguage}{finnish}
    \input{finnish.tex}
    \layout
\end{otherlanguage}

%7. doppelseite
\begin{otherlanguage}{georgian}
    \input{georgian.tex}
    \raggedright
    {\layout}
\end{otherlanguage}

\begin{otherlanguage}{greek}
    \input{greek.tex}
    {\small
    \layout}
\end{otherlanguage}

\begin{otherlanguage}{turkish}
    \input{turkish}
    \layout
\end{otherlanguage}

%8. doppelseite



%{\tradChinesefont
\input{tradchinese.tex}
%\renewcommand{\tocent}{繁體中文}
{\large \layout}%}
\pagebreak
\input{simplechinese.tex}
{\large \layout}


%9. doppelseite

\begin{otherlanguage}{bahasai}
    \input{indonesian.tex}
    \layout
\end{otherlanguage}

\begin{otherlanguage}{arabic}
    \input{arabic.tex}
    \raggedleft
    {\layoutara}   
\end{otherlanguage}

\begin{otherlanguage}{farsi}
    \input{farsi.tex}
    \raggedleft
    {\layoutara}   
\end{otherlanguage}

% Rückseite

%\end{multicols}

%\copyright 2020 Jan Suchanek \& the translators.

\setmainfont{FreeSerif}
\thispagestyle{empty}

\scriptsize   
\input{shapepar.tex}

\vfill
\centering
Thanks to: 

\input{thankshere.tex}

Jan Suchanek

\vfill

\begin{mdframed}
    \centering
    \texttt{pentagame.org}
\end{mdframed}

\newpage

%\input{languagesstar.tex}


\end{document}