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From: Alan BRASLAU <alan.braslau@cea.fr>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: poster in context
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:02:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201009301802.26615.alan.braslau@cea.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <op.vjsdnokdyxxkfz@lab050p.feld.cvut.cz>

On Wednesday 29 September 2010 10:53:38 Jan Pohanka wrote:
> Hello,
> I wonder how to create a poster presentation using ConTeXt.
> It should have following layout.
>   _____________________
> 
> |   title, ...        |
> 
>   _____________________
> 
> |  text in 3 columns  |
> |  with titles etc.   |
> 
>   _____________________
> 
> |  acknowledgement    |
> 
>   _____________________
> 
> Is there any way to fix the height of the depicted areas? Now I use
> columnset for the main text. Maybe layers can be useful?

Below is the sort of scheme that I used about one year ago.
Here, it is for A0 landscape, thus 6 columns.
I also play a lot with \collectedtext

I would/might do a bit better today, having learnt more about ConTeXt.

Alan

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%


\setuppapersize[A0,landscape][A0,landscape]
\setuplayout [%
              backspace=0.5cm,
              leftedge=0cm,	leftedgedistance=0.5cm,
              leftmargin=0cm,	leftmargindistance=0cm,
              %
              width=fit,
              %
              rightmargin=0cm,	rightmargindistance=0.5cm,
              rightedge=0cm,	rightedgedistance=0cm,
              %
              %
              topspace=0.5cm,
              top=0cm,		topdistance=0cm,
              header=4cm,	headerdistance=0.5cm,
              %
              height=fit,
              %
              footer=0.5em,	footerdistance=0cm,
              bottom=0cm,	bottomdistance=0cm,
              bottomspace=0cm,
              %
              location=singlesided]

% center header
\setupheadertexts[{\framed[frame=off,align=middle,height=4cm]{%
	{\switchtobodyfont[3cm]\bf title, ...\par}
}}]

% footer
\setupfootertexts[{\tfxx © 2010 Alan Braslau, all rights reserved.}][{\tfxx 
Typeset using {\ConTeXt} mkiv.}]

\defineoverlay[Koe]
	[{\externalfigure[cow][width=114.4cm]}]
\setupbackgrounds[text][text][background=Koe]

\starttext

\definecolumnset[Poster][n=6]
\definecolumnsetspan[Normal][n=1]
\definecolumnsetspan[Double][n=2]
\definecolumnsetspan[Triple][n=3]
\startcolumnset[Poster]

\defineparagraphs[Half][n=2,before=,after=]
\defineparagraphs[Third][n=3,before=,after=]
\defineparagraphs[TwoThird][n=2,before=,after=]
\setupparagraphs[TwoThird][1][width=.66\textwidth]

\startcolumnsetspan[Double][default=here]
Here it is up to you to play\dots
\stopcolumnsetspan

\stopcolumnset

\stoptext
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      parent reply	other threads:[~2010-09-30 16:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-09-29  8:53 Jan Pohanka
2010-09-30 14:08 ` Mojca Miklavec
2010-09-30 15:00   ` Cedric Mauclair
2010-09-30 15:25     ` Daniel Grycman
2010-09-30 15:29       ` Mojca Miklavec
2010-09-30 15:32         ` luigi scarso
2010-09-30 16:02 ` Alan BRASLAU [this message]

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