From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/6827 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Henning Hraban Ramm Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: complex layout (was ConTeXt layout app) Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 18:43:33 +0100 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <200202051743.g15HhXF01220@nathir.fiee.lan> References: <5.1.0.14.1.20020204093535.03c1ee18@server-1> <5.1.0.14.1.20020205094021.039fe020@server-1> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035397335 14130 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 18:22:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:22:15 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.1.20020205094021.039fe020@server-1> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:6827 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:6827 Am Dienstag, 5. Februar 2002 09:41 schrieb Hans Hagen: > >(My next big ConTeXt project is to transfer a magazine layout from > >QuarkXPress, > ah, remind me then that i show you a few tricks; right now i'm implementing > a (tricky but nice) quark design -) The basic layout is not that difficult (ok, I must learn a bit of MetaPost to draw some boxes), but it's a very flexible design: It has a grid of 5 "layout columns" of which I use two-by-two or only-three together on a page, depending how the article fits. The "unused" columns I use for marginals, notes, little pictures etc. But pictures may use one of a triple column and the single beneath. Ehm, can you imagine? (all are right pages) grid: two-column: triple-column: ____________ ____________ ____________ | | | | | | | # # # # # | | ### ### # | | # ##### # | | # # # # # | | ### ### # | | # ##### # | | # # # # # | | ### ### # | | # ##### # | | # # # # # | | ### ### # | | # ##### # | | # # # # # | | ### ### # | | # ##### # | | # # # # # | | ### ### # | | # ##### # | | # # # # # | | ### ### # | | # ##### # | ------------ ------------ ------------ Titles go over ####### ##### (plus margin for short texts) Pictures use ### # ### # or ####### ##### or ##### or full width or even to the edge (with bleed). All text is in grid and raggedbottom. All pictures are in grid (sit on line and end at x-height). It's a rather visual thing, but I think it's doable with ConTeXt. But not quick and at the moment. Grüßlis vom Hraban!