From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/18026 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Ciro A. Soto" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: help - spine centered figure Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 09:05:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20050129170521.83471.qmail@web80406.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050129170047.17336.qmail@web80401.mail.yahoo.com> Reply-To: ciro@kavyata.com, mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1107018344 17770 80.91.229.6 (29 Jan 2005 17:05:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 17:05:44 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Jan 29 18:05:37 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Cuw2T-0001dD-00 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:05:37 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53298127C4; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:05:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 05105-02-3; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:05:34 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEDC4127B7; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:05:34 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1C29127B7 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:05:33 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 05105-02-2 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:05:33 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from web80406.mail.yahoo.com (web80406.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.79.61]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id B9928127AA for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 18:05:32 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [68.248.55.117] by web80406.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 09:05:21 PST Original-To: ciro@kavyata.com, mailing list for ConTeXt users In-Reply-To: <20050129170047.17336.qmail@web80401.mail.yahoo.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:18026 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:18026 Sorry, I made a typo error. The title of the book I am reading is "Goodbye Gutenberg" by Valerie Kirschenbaum. A book I recommend for any person interested in book design, typography, history, reading, fonts, etc. Ciro --- "Ciro A. Soto" wrote: > Hello all, > > I am reading a beautifully designed book called > 'Boodbye Gutenberg", and it gave me inspiration to > change the design of my self-published novel. > However, > I wonder if with my limited knowledge in Contet I > can > make it happen. Here it is: > > Version 1: The text is standard, justified both > sides. > > When the reader opens the book I want him/her to see > a > background light-gray picture centered in the spine > of > the book from the top of the page to the bottom. > (The > picture is a guitar with the strings along the > spine), > I would like half of the guitar in the left page, > and > half in the other page. In other words, > there would be a bleeding picture to the right of > the > left page, and a bleeding picture to the left of the > right page. The text would be black, and the guitar > would be seen as background. I know it is difficult > to > follow my explanation, but I hope you understand. > > Version 2: The text is wrapped around the figure, > that > is, each line in the left page is left justified, > but > ends at the border of the picture. And each line in > the right page is right justified, but begins at the > border of the picture. > > I am hoping to get the version 1. The other version > is like an exercise for me, to see how it would be > done. > > I have tried with layers for the background picture, > and it works, but I don't know how to tell Context > to > use alternative pictures, one for the left pages, > another for the right pages. My apologies for the > length ... > > thank you > > ciro > > > > > > ===== > ================== > Ciro A. Soto > Author of > "The Guitar Maker. > An Exploration of Wisdom, Design and Love." Pub. > Date: Dec. 2005. > > "All problems are at the interface. Each one of them > has a solution." > _______________________________________________ > ntg-context mailing list > ntg-context@ntg.nl > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context >